The Argentine pilot of the Alpine team, Franco Colapinto, will have his second career this season at the Monaco Grand Prix next Sunday, a circuit that has several Latin American victories in its history.
After what was his reappearance in the Formula 1 With his sixteenth put in the Emilia-Romaña Grand Prix of Italy Last Sunday, Franco Colapinto will have his second appearance this season at the circuit of Monaco In the Monegasca city of Montecarlo, where the Argentine will be presented for the first time.
This Grand Prix is one of the most anticipated of each season by fans of the Formula 1. The circuit has several ups and downs, short straight lines, closed curves and narrow roads, so it is very exhausting for pilots and vehicles but, in addition, it is one of the most dangerous of the calendar of the queen category of motor racing.
In the first season of the Formula 1 in 1950, The circuit premiered in the second career where the Argentine automobile legend, Juan Manuel Fangiohe won the Grand Prix integrating Italian team Alfa Romeo.
After seven years, the native of Balcarce He stayed again with the Monegasque circuit but, this time, under the wing of the Italian team Maserati. The Argentine was the first Latin American to get the Grand Prix that, after this conquest in 1957, He had to wait 23 years to see a pilot from southern America stay with this circuit.
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Is that, again, an Argentine again conquered the Monaco Grand Prix And it was Carlos Reutemann aboard his Williams-Ford. Seven years later, the Brazilian star Ayrton Senna broke into the hegemony of French Alain Prost And he began writing his story in Montecarlo.
Being the first in 1987, The native of Saint Paul conquered the Monaco Grand Prix on five more opportunities, all consecutive since 1989 to 1993, Year that the Principality visited for the last time before its tragic death on May 1, 1994 in the Icola circuit.
Despite his death and the passing of the years, the Brazilian remains the top winner of the circuit with six wins, followed with five by the British Graham Hill and the German Michael Schumacher.
The last Latin American to conquer the Monaco Grand Prix He was the Colombian Juan Pablo Montoyaaboard his Williams, in 2003. The native of Bogotá was escorted by Finn Kimi Räikkönen and German Schumacher.
Last ten winners of the Monaco Grand Prix
- 2024: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- 2023: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- 2022: Sergio Pérez (Red Bull)
- 2021: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- 2020: It was not played by the Covid-19 pandemic
- 2019: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- 2018: Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)
- 2017: Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
- 2016: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- 2015: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
- 2014: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
Source: Ambito
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