Franco Colapinto’s future in Formula One is one of the biggest talking points after the rookie driver has shown immense potential just three races into his career.
The Williams team has confirmed its line-up for 2025 with Alex Albon and current Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz forming it. The 21-year-old Argentinian, who replaced Sargeant mid-season this year, is officially out of the Williams 2025 seat contention.
Williams team principal James Vowles has voiced interest in getting their star rookie into Formula One next year through Sauber. They are one of the only two teams that have yet to confirm their line-up for 2025, along with RB.
Colapinto explained he is not focusing on his future but more on his present, making full use of his unexpected opportunity by keeping up his current level of performance. His P9 in Baku was the big highlight, but the race pace shown in Monza and Singapore was extremely strong, too.
“I’m not really thinking about that. I haven’t seen much of the news, to be honest.
“Of course, I’m right now with Williams and I think we are doing a very good job together and my focus is on finishing this year on a high, keep learning. I have a lot of things to learn.
“And yeah, then let’s see what I can do next year. I have no idea about anything really.
“I’m not focusing on 2025, just focusing on the amazing opportunity that I got from James [Vowles], from Williams, from the team and we are working very, very well together.
“We are doing steps forward and I think it’s the way to go.
“Of course, it would be a dream come true to stay in Formula 1, but right now I am extremely happy to have this chance in the next races with them.
“I’m very proud to be at this team, and scoring points in only my second race.
“We are achieving great things as a team and I think it’s the way to go, so let’s keep going.”
Colapinto then talked about how he is going to tackle the rest of the season, with 5 new tracks which he has yet to race coming in the 6 remaining races. He drove in Formula 2 in Abu Dhabi last year for MP Motorsport.
3 of those are Sprint events at Austin, Brazil and Qatar, which means he has one practice session to familiarise himself with those tracks before the drivers head into Sprint qualifying.
The best way to prepare will mainly be through simulator work for the rookie.
“Baku also was a tough track and was one of the toughest of the calendar and I think I adapted very quick. I got on quite well with the track […] and I think there is still a way to go.
“The tracks are going to be tough and I think the sprint weekends are going to be the hardest ones, of course.
“COTA, Brazil, and Qatar that I don’t know, they are sprint weekends and I’m only going to have one free practice to learn them, but we can do a lot of prep in the sim and that’s going to be the goal and the key, to be able to prepare the races better, and I think we can do it with Williams.”
