Monaco Grand Prix: The Argentines who won him and the history of Franco Colapinto

The Argentine pilot, who runs for the French team Alpinecomes from 16 ° in the Emilia-Romaña GP in Icola, after a rugged classification.

The first national pilot to take the victory in the Monaco Grand Prix was the historic quintuple champion Juan Manuel Fangioon May 21, 1950, aboard his Alfa Romeo.

This was precisely the first edition of the Formula 1 championship, which remained in the hands of the Italian Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo), and in the second race of the season, the “Chueco” achieved his first victory in the category.

Fangio’s second and last triumph in Monaco was in 1957, representing Maserati on this occasion. It was in that season that the native of Balcarce got his fifth title in Formula 1.

The last Argentine to win in the urban layout of Montecarlo was Carlos Reutemannwhich took the victory in the Principality in 1980 aboard his Williams.

That was the only triumph of “Lole” that season, in which he finished third in the championship below the Australian Alan Jones (Williams) and the Brazilian Nelson Piquet (Brabham).

With regard to the South Americans, the Brazilian Ayrton Senna took the victory six times (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993) and is the top winner in this circuit. In addition, the Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya finished first in 2003.

Franco Colapinto at the Monaco Grand Prix: his history in the lower division

Franco Colapint This weekend will face one of the greatest challenges of its incipient career in Formula 1: Run in the Monaco Grand Prix, the narrowest, glamorous and demanding circuit of the calendar and perhaps the most prestigious and desired date and that you already know for its past in categories prior to the maximum.

The first time Colapinto ran in the streets of the Principality was in 2019, in the Renault formulawhen he defended the colors of FA Racing by Drivex. In that debut, He surprised to keep the victory in the first race and achieve second place in the next. A brilliant presentation for a pilot who barely took his first steps in Europe.

Already more consolidated, he returned to Monaco in 2023 with MP Motorsport in the Formula 3. In the Sprint race it was the protagonist: He finished fourth and starred in the only weekend overtakingovercoming Taylor Barnard in the hotel curve, one of the most remembered maneuvers of that edition. In Sunday’s final, he crossed the goal in the sixth positionadding key points in the championship.

The following year, in Formula 2 And with the same team, Colapinto stood out again in a circuit where the touch with the walls is current currency. Ended fifth in the sprint and 13 ° in the finalbut the highlight was his consistency: he never crashed in a historically prone route to blows and abandonments.