F1 | Williams, Colapinto confident in his abilities: “I expected to be fast”
"I'm happy to help the team," admitted the Argentine
Franco Colapinto is without a doubt one of the positive notes of this final part of the 2024 Formula 1 season. The young Williams driver, who brought the colors of Argentina back to the grid, was called by the Grove team to replace Logan Sargeant who was sidelined after the Dutch Grand Prix due to poor results.
Colapinto, who made his debut over the weekend in Monza, is doing well alongside an experienced driver like Alexander Albon and has attracted positive media attention. The Argentine has scored 4 points in three races so far, thanks to his eighth place in the Baku event.
At the end of the year, however, Colapinto will have to sit back on the "bench", with the wheel of his Williams that will be sold to Carlos Sainz who is about to end his experience at Ferrari. The Spaniard represents a real market coup for the English team that will have the opportunity to rely on a talented and experienced tandem like Sainz and Albon to continue to progress.
“I know what I can do and I expected to be fast,” Colapinto told Autosport. “Even though I didn’t have much experience with the car, that was the idea of the team and the reason why they put me in the car. I’m happy to help the team.”
The Argentine, continuing his speech, said: “I think we are doing a good job together as a team. It is difficult. There are many things that can be done in the car with the tools available and many things can be changed. But I am learning and getting more and more used to the car, how to extract the maximum performance from the car, and it is going well”.
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