Franco Colapinto

Franco Colapinto is an Argentine racing driver born on 27 May 2003, and one of his country's most prominent motorsport figures since the era of Carlos Reutemann. He climbed through European junior single-seaters, including Formula 3 and Formula 2, before earning a surprise call-up to Formula 1 partway through the 2024 season.

Colapinto made his Formula 1 debut with Williams in 2024, stepping in for the second half of the year and immediately impressing by scoring 5 points across his rookie outing. For 2025 he moved into the Alpine F1 Team orbit, and in 2026 he holds a full race seat with Alpine, where he has scored 18 points and sits 13th in the standings as he establishes himself over a fuller campaign. Across 36 starts he has accumulated 23 career points.

Carrying considerable expectation from a passionate Argentine fanbase, Colapinto has shown flashes of strong qualifying pace and racecraft. His 2026 season with Alpine marks his first sustained run as a full-time driver, and his development is being watched as he seeks to convert raw speed into consistent results.

Colapinto is known for his fearless wheel-to-wheel racing and ability to extract pace under pressure, traits that earned him his 2024 breakthrough. As his Formula 1 career develops, he carries the hopes of Argentine motorsport and the responsibility of proving that his early promise can translate into long-term results at the front of the midfield.