2024 is ending, Christmas is approaching and, like every year, Formula 1 organized a Secret Santa among its driversa kind of Secret Santa in which everyone gets a random colleague and must give them a gift. For the occasion, Franco Colapinto He wanted to surprise one of his 19 teammates from the Máxima with a very Argentine gift. And lastly, upon receiving yours,He took the opportunity to throw a stick at Ferrari!
The lucky one to keep Franco’s gift, a mystery that had been revealed a day before, It was Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls). Japanese culture may be somewhat different from Argentina, but it mattered little to the Williams driver, who was inviting him mate to each of his mechanics and teammates and thought that the Japanese driver might also like it. What did the Japanese say? TOAt first I didn’t have the slightest idea what I had received…
“It’s a cup of coffee, I think. Coffee, without a doubt! Yerba mate… what is this? Is it coffee? Or is it matcha?“, said Tsunoda when opening the present. After having received a hand from the interviewer, who told him that “it is a very popular drink in South America,” he immediately revealed who it came from: “Mmm… Franco? Thanks, Franco! It’s Christmas season, it’s nice to have a cup of tea before going to sleep. I’m going to drink this one.”.
For his part, the man from Buenos Aires showed off his sixth sense by guessing who had given him the gift even before coming into contact with the gift. “Probably a Latino who will run in blue next year”he said for Carlos Sainzwho raced for Ferrari this season and will take his place at Williams next season.
Upon breaking the packaging and finding a puzzle and what I thought were pencilsColapinto commented: “I’m going to spend the whole weekend trying to put this together and hope to destroy it on Sunday. Aaah! It’s for writing, like Art Attack. “I’m very good at art.”.
“But what is this? I never saw it in my life. I thought they were pencils. Let’s make a Williams from Mercado Libre, we also have the orange one. We don’t need the other colors,” continued the 21-year-old driver, who upon seeing the red plasticines did not hesitate to fly them through the air and shoot at the Italian team: “We don’t like red, it’s very Ferrari. We’re going to throw those two away”.
Likewise, despite the joke, There are records where Franco confessed his fanaticism for Ferrari despite wearing the Williams colors. Sebastian Vettel, a driver who won four titles with Red Bull and finished in Maranello, already said it: “They are all Ferrari fans. Even if they say no, they are Ferrari fans.”