Franco Colapinto

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Franco Colapinto
Colapinto in 2023.
NationalityArgentina Argentine
Born (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 20)
Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamMP Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number12
Starts8 (8 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2023
Previous series
2022–23
2021
2021

2021

2021
2021
2021
2020
2019–2020
2019
2018–2019		FIA Formula 3 Championship
Intercontinental GT Challenge
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
FIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
FR European Championship
Asian Le Mans Series
Toyota Racing Series
Formula Renault Eurocup
Euroformula Open Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Championship titles
2019F4 Spanish Championship

Franco Alejandro Colapinto (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾan.ko aleˈxandɾo ko.laˈpin.to]; born 27 May 2003) is an Argentine-Italian[1] racing driver who is currently compteing in the 2024 Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 for the same team, finishing fourth in that year. He is the 2019 F4 Spanish champion and a race winner in the European Le Mans Series.[2] He is a member of the Williams Driver Academy.

Career[edit]

Karting[edit]

Colapinto started karting at the age of nine.[3] He won the Argentine Championship in 2016 and again in 2018, alongside a victory in the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics.[4]

Lower formulas[edit]

Colapinto made his car racing debut in 2018, participating in the final round of the F4 Spanish Championship, driving for Drivex School. In 2019 Colapinto signed with FARacing by Drivex for a full campaign in the F4 Spanish Championship. He took the title by winning all three races in the season finale[5] bringing his debut car racing season tally to eleven victories, 13 podiums and 14 pole positions.[6][7]

Euroformula Open[edit]

During the 2019 season, Colapinto drove for Drivex as a guest driver in the 2019 round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[8]

Formula Renault Eurocup[edit]

Colapinto during the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Drivex also ran Colapinto during the 2019 season at Spa and Catalunya.[9][10] In July 2020, Colapinto joined the championship[11] full-time with Dutch outfit MP Motorsport.[12]

Toyota Racing Series[edit]

In January 2020, Colapinto joined Kiwi Motorsport for the 2020 championship.[13] The season saw him claim a race win in Hampton Downs and further 7 podiums and end the championship third overall, clinching the rookie championship win.[14][15]

FIA Formula 3[edit]

2022[edit]

Colapinto driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

In October 2020, Colapinto joined MP Motorsport for the first day of post-season testing at Catalunya.[16][17] He did likewise the following year at Valencia, but ended up signing for Van Amersfoort Racing instead for the 2022 season, partnering Rafael Villagómez and Reece Ushijima.[18] The Argentinian started his F3 career with a pole position on his and his team's debut in the series at Sakhir.[19] He went on to win the Sprint Race at the following round in Imola, scoring his and VAR's maiden victory in the series.[20] Throughout the season Colapinto took three more podium finishes at the Spielberg, Budapest and Zandvoort rounds and a second Sprint Race win at the final round in Monza to finish ninth in the drivers' standings.[21][22]

2023[edit]

In September, Colapinto partook in the 2022 post-season test, again with MP Motorsport.[23] On January 9, 2023, he was announced as MP Motorsport's driver for the 2023 season.[24]

At the season-opening Sakhir round, Colapinto qualified 12th and consequently claimed pole position for the Sprint Race, where he crossed the line in second place behind Pepe Martí. He finished 10th in the Feature Race on Sunday, scoring one more point.

Colapinto went on to qualify 7th in Melbourne. He started the Sprint Race in sixth place and climbed up the order to claim his first victory of the season.[25] However, after post-race inspections found all three MP Motorsport cars to have infringed technical regulations, he was disqualified from the Sprint Race along with his teammates Jonny Edgar and Mari Boya.[26] He then crashed out of the Feature Race, departing Australia without points.

Since then, Colapinto went on to consistently score points on every round of the calendar, aside from the Spielberg Sprint Race where he finished 13th and the Monza Feature Race in which he retired with a suspension failure after contact in the first lap. He ended the season fourth in the Drivers' Championship, with two wins at the Silverstone and Monza Sprint Races and three podium finishes at Sakhir, Catalunya and Budapest.

Macau Grand Prix[edit]

Colapinto was set to part in the 2023 Macau Grand Prix with MP Motorsport.[27] However, he withdrew from the event last-minute due to a broken collarbone he sustained prior to the final F3 round, and was replaced by Dennis Hauger.[28]

FIA Formula 2[edit]

2023[edit]

In October 2023, Colapinto was announced to be replacing Jehan Daruvala, moving up to Formula 2 for the final race in Yas Marina and the full 2024 season with MP Motorsport.[29] Ahead of his F2 debut, Colapinto expressed that "it's going to be tough" yet he was "super excited".[30] He finished 19th in the sprint race, but retired from the feature race due to a sensor issue.[31]

2024[edit]

Colapinto partners 2021 FIA Formula 3 champion Dennis Hauger for the 2024 season.

Asian Le Mans Series[edit]

In February 2021, Colapinto joined G-Drive Racing #25 for the 2021 season.[32] The season saw him claim 3 podiums in 4 races, and end the championship third overall, with his co-drivers Rui Andrade and John Falb.[33]

Formula One[edit]

In January 2023, Colapinto was announced to be joining the Williams Driver Academy.[34] Colapinto made his debut in a Formula One car with the Williams FW45, during the 2023 F1 post-season test at Yas Marina.[35] Colapinto set the 22nd fastest time overall, completing 65 laps, to be the first Argentine to drive an F1 car in over 20 years.[36]

Karting record[edit]

Karting career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Position
2013 Rotax Max Buenos Aires — Micro Max NC
2014 Argentine Championship — Promocional 6th
2015 Argentine Championship — Pre-Junior Acosta Kart Division NC
2016 Argentine Championship — Sudam Junior 10th
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior 12th
ROK Cup International Final — Junior ROK Baby Race Srl 9th
Argentine Championship — Pre-Junior 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ Baby Race Srl NC†
2017 South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 2nd
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior CRG Nordam 23rd
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ Baby Race Srl 35th
2018 WSK Champions Cup — OK CRG Spa 22nd
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 17th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OK 24th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 46th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 69th
WSK Open Cup — OK 32nd
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 45th
Karting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 1st

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2016 Baby Race Srl OKJ ZUE
QH
65 		ZUE
PF
24 		ZUE
R
DNQ 		ADR
QH
 ADR
PF
 ADR
R
 PRT
QH
 PRT
PF
 PRT
R
 GEN
QH
 GEN
PF
 GEN
R
 NC 0
2018 CRG Spa OK SAR
QH
70 		SAR
R
DNQ 		PFI
QH
51 		PFI
R
DNQ 		AMP
QH
 AMP
R
 ALB
QH
 ALB
R
 69th 0

Racing record[edit]

Racing career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 F4 Spanish Championship Drivex School 4 1 2 0 2 49 9th
2019 F4 Spanish Championship Drivex School 21 11 10 10 13 325 1st
Euroformula Open Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 27th
Formula Renault Eurocup FA Racing by Drivex 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 20 2 0 2 9 213.5 3rd
Toyota Racing Series Kiwi Motorsport 15 1 1 2 8 315 3rd
2021 Formula Regional European Championship MP Motorsport 16 2 3 4 4 140 6th
Asian Le Mans Series G-Drive Racing 4 0 3 3 3 66 3rd
European Le Mans Series 6 1 1 1 2 74 4th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver ROFGO Racing with Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 11 27th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 18 2 1 0 5 76 9th
2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship MP Motorsport 18 2 0 0 5 110 4th
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 25th
2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 13* 13th*

† As Colapinto was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2018 Drivex School ARA
1 		ARA
2 		ARA
3 		CRT
1 		CRT
2 		CRT
3 		ALG
1 		ALG
2 		ALG
3 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		JER
1 		JER
2 		JER
3 		NAV
1
5 		NAV
2
5 		NAV
3
2 		NAV
4
1 		9th 49
2019 Drivex School NAV
1
1 		NAV
2
3 		NAV
3
6 		LEC
1
4 		LEC
2
7 		LEC
3
4 		ARA
1
1 		ARA
2
14 		ARA
3
11 		CRT
1
1 		CRT
2
1 		CRT
3
1 		JER
1
4 		JER
2
3 		JER
3
1 		ALG
1
1 		ALG
2
1 		ALG
3
4 		CAT
1
1 		CAT
2
1 		CAT
3
1 		1st 325

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2019 FA Racing by Drivex MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		MON
1 		MON
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		SPA
1
12 		SPA
2
20 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		CAT
1
11 		CAT
2
10 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		YMC
1 		YMC
2 		NC† 0
2020 MP Motorsport MNZ
1
1 		MNZ
2
3 		IMO
1
6 		IMO
2
7 		NÜR
1
7 		NÜR
2
6 		MAG
1
13 		MAG
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
6 		ZAN
2
3 		CAT
1
6 		CAT
2
3 		SPA
1
1‡ 		SPA
2
12 		IMO
1
4 		IMO
2
2 		HOC
1
4 		HOC
2
3 		LEC
1
3 		LEC
2
3 		3rd 213.5

† As Colapinto was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2020 Kiwi Motorsport HIG
1
9 		HIG
2
6 		HIG
3
2 		TER
1
4 		TER
2
5 		TER
3
8 		HMP
1
5 		HMP
2
1 		HMP
3
8 		PUK
1
3 		PUK
2
3 		PUK
3
2 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
2 		MAN
3
2 		3rd 315

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
2021 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DUB
1
4 		DUB
2
2 		ABU
1
3 		ABU
2
2 		3rd 66

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2021 MP Motorsport IMO
1
WD 		IMO
2
WD 		CAT
1
28† 		CAT
2
Ret 		MCO
1
WD 		MCO
2
WD 		LEC
1
12 		LEC
2
12 		ZAN
1
5 		ZAN
2
2 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
6 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
4 		VAL
1
1 		VAL
2
2 		MUG
1
Ret 		MUG
2
5 		MNZ
1
7 		MNZ
2
6 		6th 140

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete European Le Mans Series results[edit]

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2021 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
4 		RBR
2 		LEC
1 		MNZ
8 		SPA
NC 		ALG
5 		4th 74

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Netherlands Nyck de Vries 		Aurus 01-Gibson LMP2 358 12th 7th

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2022 Van Amersfoort Racing BHR
SPR
25 		BHR
FEA
5 		IMO
SPR
1 		IMO
FEA
22 		CAT
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
8 		SIL
SPR
13 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		RBR
SPR
3 		RBR
FEA
6 		HUN
SPR
2 		HUN
FEA
15 		SPA
SPR
15 		SPA
FEA
12 		ZAN
SPR
13 		ZAN
FEA
3 		MNZ
SPR
1 		MNZ
FEA
15 		9th 76
2023 MP Motorsport BHR
SPR
2 		BHR
FEA
10 		MEL
SPR
DSQ 		MEL
FEA
Ret 		MON
SPR
4 		MON
FEA
6 		CAT
SPR
6 		CAT
FEA
2 		RBR
SPR
13 		RBR
FEA
4 		SIL
SPR
1 		SIL
FEA
8 		HUN
SPR
7 		HUN
FEA
3 		SPA
SPR
5 		SPA
FEA
10 		MNZ
SPR
1 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		4th 110

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DC Points
2023 MP Motorsport BHR
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		JED
SPR 		JED
FEA 		MEL
SPR 		MEL
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		MCO
SPR 		MCO
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		ZAN
SPR 		ZAN
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		YMC
SPR
19 		YMC
FEA
Ret 		25th 0
2024 MP Motorsport BHR
SPR
18 		BHR
FEA
6 		JED
SPR
11 		JED
FEA
Ret 		MEL
SPR
4 		MEL
FEA
DSQ 		IMO
SPR
 IMO
FEA
 MON
SPR
 MON
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 CAT
FEA
 RBR
SPR
 RBR
FEA
 SIL
SPR
 SIL
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 HUN
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 BAK
SPR
 BAK
FEA
 LSL
SPR
 LSL
FEA
 YMC
SPR
 YMC
FEA
 13th* 13*

* Season still in progress.

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External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Preceded by F4 Spanish Championship
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