The Argentine pilot of the team Alpine, Franco Colapintwill have your second career this season in the Monaco Grand Prix Next Sunday, circuit that has several Latin American victories in its history.
After what was his reappearance in Formula 1 with his sixteenth put in the Gran of Emilia-Romaña of Italy last Sunday, the young motorist will have his second appearance this season in the Monaco circuit in the Monegasca city of Montecarlo, where Colapinto will first appear.
This Grand Prix is one of the most anticipated of each season by fans of 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. However, together with the Silverstone Grand Prix, it is the most desired race in the division and one of the great aspirations of all motor sport.
In the first season of Formula 1 in 1950, the circuit premiered in the second race where the Argentine automobile legend, Juan Manuel Fangiowon the Grand Prix integrating the Italian team Alpha Romeo.
After seven years, the native of Balcarce returned to the Monegasco 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, had to wait 23 years to see a pilot from southern America keep this circuit.
It is that, again, an Argentine again conquered the Monaco Grand Prix and was Carlos Reutemann aboard his Williams-Ford, in 1980. “Lole” was the Argentine who ran the prestigious career, with 9 editions. Colapinto will be the national ninth to compete in the streets of Montecarlo.
Fangio’s heir, the top winner in the history of the Monaco GP
Seven years later, the Brazilian Ayrton Senna He broke into the hegemony of French Alain Prost and began writing his story in the Principality.
With the first in 1987, the native of San Pablo conquered the Monaco Grand Prix on five more opportunities, all consecutive from 1989 to 1993, the year he visited for the last time the luxurious city-state before his 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 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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