Formula 1: A year ago Franco Colapinto was unveiled as a Williams signing | OneFootball

A year ago, Williams announced the addition of the Argentine Franco Colapinto to Formula 1, replacing the American Logan Sargent for the rest of the season.

The driver from Pilar, at that time, broke a 23-year drought without Argentinians in the top category and sparked a revolution among fans. This Wednesday, the team itself recalled that announcement on their social media: “On this day in 2024, we announced that Franco Colapinto would drive with the team for the rest of the season”.

Colapinto's debut took place in Monza, where he managed to finish in twelfth place after starting from the eighteenth position. That performance placed him ahead of experienced drivers like the Australian Daniel Ricciardo and the Finnish Valtteri Bottas.

The Argentine delivered great performances such as in Azerbaijan, where he scored his first points, and in Austin, where he is remembered for making brilliant overtakes, like on the world champion driver Fernando Alonso.

Colapinto not only performed on the track but also sparked enormous enthusiasm among fans. In Mexico, his arrival generated a "Albiceleste" wave in the stands of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

However, not everything was good, as in Brazil he suffered a severe accident in the rain, and in Las Vegas a crash during qualifying affected his performance.

Currently, the driver from Pilar will return to the tracks after a three-week break, in the context of the Dutch Grand Prix, where he will try to score his first points with Alpine.

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