Franco Colapinto will run again in Formula 1, now yes, as a titular pilot. The announcement of his return was given this Wednesday morning and would see it above a car for the next Grand Prix of Emilia-Romaña. This race runs in the circuit better known as Imala, one of the most difficult in Italy and where several had accidents or lost their lives.
The end of May 18 week is the landing of Formula 1 in Europe In the 2025 season. The rest of the pilots are already coming with the exercise of the races but Franco just starts again. Although he already knows the circuit, he must put himself in shape and live up to the rest of the competitors, something that he will surely demonstrate.
The second Italian circuit in which Franco Colapinto debuts
Franco Colapint already debuted in another Italian circuit last year. At the time officially debuted in Formula 1 with the Williams team in 2024 he did it in the Monza Circuitanother of the mythical Italian tracks.
In that race he started in the eighteenth position of the grill. After an arduous career fighting with its competitors and knowing the car ended in the twelfth location.
Icola: how is the circuit where Franco Colapinto will debut
The Emilia-Romaña Grand Prix, also known as the Icola GP, is celebrated in Enzo and Dino Ferrari Autodrome, located 30 kilometers southeast of Bologna. Inaugurated in 1953, this circuit did not house an official Formula 1 career until 1980, when he hosted the Italy Grand Prix, sharing this title with the iconic Monza circuit. Until 2006, 27 races were played on this layout, including the tragic 1994 edition, where Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger died On the same weekend.
The autodrome has a length of 4,909 meters And the races consist of 63 laps, adding a total route of 309 kilometers. The historical record of Vuelta is held by Lewis Hamilton since 2020with a time of 1: 15,484. Michael Schumacher is the pilot with the most victories in this circuit, with a total of seven wins. Among the current competitors, Max Verstappen was imposed three times: 2021, 2022 and 2024, while Hamilton won in 2020.
The fatal accidents of 1994, together with that of Rubens Barrichello, They led to modifications in several curves of the circuitsuch as Tamburello, Villeneuve, Acqua Minerali and low variant, with the aim of improving security.
A track known by Franco Colapinto
El Pilarense is not new in Icola. Franco has already ran on other opportunities in this circuit in previous years. Although a pilot never reaches a track without prior knowledge, the experience of running live on the asphalt is incomparable with that of the simulator.
In addition, competing on a known track and with good memories can make a big difference. This pilot already accumulates five victories in the maximum, two of which occurred in the Internal Dino and Enzo Ferrari Autodrome.
His first victory in this circuit was during his debut season in Formula 3in 2022, followed by a triumph in Monza. The following year, the feat repeated in Monza, but before Silverstone had conquered. His only victory in Formula 2, in 2024, was also held in Icolaalways in sprint races.
Source: Ambito
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