Franco Colapinto

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Franco Colapinto
Nationality Argentina Argentine
Born (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 21)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season 2022
Current team MP Motorsport
Car no. 10
Starts 22 (22 entries)
Wins 2
Poles 1
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 9th in 2022
Previous series
2021
2020
2019–20
2019
2018–19		 Asian Le Mans Series
Toyota Racing Series
Formula Renault Eurocup
Euroformula Open Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Championship titles
2019 F4 Spanish Championship

Franco Alejandro Colapinto (born 27 May 2003) is an Argentine-Italian[1] racing driver who is currently competing in FIA Formula 3 for MP Motorsport. 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

Karting

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

Lower formulae

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

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

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

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

File:FIA F3 Austria 2022 Nr. 29 Colapinto.jpg
Colapinto driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

2022

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

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]

Asian Le Mans Series

In February 2021, Colapinto joined G-Drive Racing #25 for the 2021 season.[27] 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.[28]

Formula One

In January 2023, Colapinto was announced to be joining the Williams Driver Academy.[29]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2013 Rotax Max Buenos Aires — Micro Max NC
2014 Argentinian Championship — Promocional 6th
2015 Argentinian Championship — Pre-Junior Acosta Kart Division NC
2016 Argentinian Championship — Sudam Junior 10th
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior 12th
ROK Cup International Final — Junior ROK Baby Race Srl 9th
Argentinian Championship — Pre-Junior 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 47th
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

Racing record

Racing career summary

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 4 0 0 0 1 10 12th*

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

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

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 23x15px G-Drive Racing 23x15px Roman Rusinov
Netherlands Nyck de Vries		 Aurus 01-Gibson LMP2 358 12th 7th

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(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 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		 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		 12th* 10*

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