Franco Colapinto

Team: Alpine F1 Team
Nationality: Argentine
Date of birth: 27 May 2003
Active: 2022 - present
Standings: 12th (19 pts)

Franco Colapinto made his Formula 1 debut with Williams and was able to complete the 2024 season as a replacement for Logan Sargeant. The Argentine driver will return to Formula 1 in 2025 with the Alpine team, alongside Pierre Gasly. After the Miami Grand Prix, he replaced Jack Doohan as a full-time driver.

Full name: Franco Colapinto
Current team: Alpine F1 Team
Date of birth: 27 May 2003
Place of birth: Pilar, Argentinia
Nationality: Argentine
Height: 174cm
Weight: 71kg
Race number: 43
Debut race: British GP 2024
Last race: Hungarian GP 2026

F1 years: 3
Best race result: 6
Number of Grands Prix won: 38
Number of sprint races: 11
Sprint wins: 0 / 11; 0%
WC points: 24
Victories: 0; 0%
Wins from pole: 0 / 0; 0%
Hat-tricks: 0
Grand Slams: 0
Most wins in a season: 0
Podium finishes: 0; 0%
P1 finishes: 0 / 0; 0%
P2 finishes: 0 / 0; 0%
P3 finishes: 0 / 0; 0%
Most podiums in a season: 0

Biography of Franco Colapinto

In 2024, Franco Colapinto made his Formula 1 race debut for Williams. The Argentine replaced Logan Sargeant from the Italian Grand Prix onwards and was able to finish the season. Colapinto is considered a talented driver and before his temporary promotion, he was active as a Formula 2 driver for MP Motorsport.

The 21-year-old driver had his greatest success in Spanish Formula 4, where he became a convincing champion in 2019. Colapinto raced in Formula 3 in 2022 and 2023, before making the step up to Formula 2 at the beginning of 2024. He also briefly raced alongside Nyck de Vries in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series in 2021.

In 2025, it initially seemed that Franco Colapinto would serve as a reserve driver for the Alpine team. However, after the Miami Grand Prix, it was announced that the Argentine would replace full-time driver Jack Doohan, securing a permanent seat in the team alongside Pierre Gasly.

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