Who is Franco Colapinto?

Meet Formula 1's newest driver...so who is he?

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[eduardoazeredo]

Brazilian here, and a tiny little bit gutted with Drugovich being dropped. But also very glad because Franco does deserve it. Also, it is great to see the enjoyment of my fellow Argentinian neighbors. The flair of this magic corner of the world is very well represented with Franco and the Argentinians. Hopefully he can score a couple of points and make this party even bigger

[ASMotorsport]

That was incredibly quick. Just like Franco

[barrrre]

Well, a 12th position and a clean car. What a performance

[CRZYvidz]

This is one of the first foreign media I've seen actually recognizing his talent and the struggle of finding his sponsors, glad you are on our boat man. If you love Argentina, Argentina will love you back twice that amount. Piastri even said Franco is faster than many people may think, and many other drivers spoke good things about him as well 👀

[unargentinocualquiera]

He also had trouble with money to get into F2. A lot of argentinian people went around twitter asking big argentinian brands to sponsor him. Even a music producer got involved (BZRP, or Bizarrap, you can see his logo on the visor of his helmet).
Thank for doing this, it's great to know more about his first steps in single-seaters. I've known of him only since he made it to FIA F3.

[sagastim]

I watched him live for the first time in a Spanish F4 Race in Navarra in 2019. Despite it was only his 2nd race in single seaters, he dominanted the field, and later on the championship. Since then, I decided to support him, even when he only had 1.900 followers on Instagram (before the boom in Argentina) and wore a flat carbon fibre design on his helmet because of money.

Now that I know he has reached F1, I just can't hide my smile and I live his dream as it was mine.

[nerina]

I hope he gets a seat next season, he made an entire nation proud of him🥺🙏🏻 vamos Franco🇦🇷

[ASMotorsport]

7:59 yes he did.
5 points for 3rd in TRS
12 points for 3rd in Renault EC
5 points for 6th in FRECA
15 points for 4th in F3
2 points for not incurring any penalty points during the 2023 season
1 point for the FP1 outing at Silverstone
This all adds up to 40 points! (thanks Michael McClure from Feeder Series)

[ferrarifan]

Can't wait for the 'WTF Happened To Logan Sargeant'
Love all your content Josh!

[valkariye]

8:09 "He might have thrown it into the barrier"
No that's the other highly regarded F2 prospect.

[Santi-msrr]

btw, the reason he got the F2 seat was mainly bcs of a # on tw, created by the fans , bcs as u said, he didn’t have any money to keep racing.
So Argentinians fans made a # on tw to try to support him( #FranColapintoaF2 ) and we got him a ton of sponsors to notice him and support him.
He’s very special to us the Argentinians, bcs he has this charisma and raw speed that makes u drawn to see him succeed in this sport❤️

[sokarash]

7:42 Vowles gave an interview mit Sky today confirming that they considered Mick, but deemed him "good, but not great"

[andrewingleton]

i believe his 2021 points towards a superlicence also count due to the FIA's pandemic rules, meaning he crossed the threshold with 42(?) points meaning he qualified for a superlicence.

[dimelopinna]

Great video mate. As an Argentinian I've been following Franco's carreer for years and you did a great work showing that a) he's better than what his Wikipedia page results section shows (as you mentioned, he had his fair share of bad luck) b) the struggle it is for a driver from a country in a deep economic recession for a decade to get sponsors and financial backing to fund their career, especially in junior formulas. It's impossible and kind of a miracle he got where he is now.

[deadzero]

Living in argentina this will make the F1 experience so much better since they're very suportive or their sportsmen, I hope he does great! (even though I'm not argentinian, I am from the same town as the Mighty Lord Maldonado)

[LeanAmarilla]

Im glad to see my fellow countryman in your channel. Vamos Argentina y Colapinto 🟦⬜🟦

[patriciadominiko]

Thank you for actually searching info about it, a lot of people wonder why Franco got a seat when his standings are "bad" but people don´t take into account the fact that he has a hard time finding a seat and focusing only in that when he only find out where he´s going to drive just a a few weeks before the season starts

[GarkKahn]

As someone from argentina i hope our support doesn't backfire on him

We're like a parent seeing our 5 yr child drawing a banana and proceed to say it's a masterpiece, now... that's great and all... but as soon as they make a 2nd drawing we start demanding to surpass picasso, monet, and the big ones TO A KID, actually expecting them to meet our unrealistic expectations

[mateo]

don't worry bro, not only he did better than sargeant ever did, but he actually drove well

[morgan]

This took me from who the heck is Franco Colapinto to gosh dang this kid is promising.