Franco Colapinto passed a rival on the last lap with a maneuver on the edge and achieved a great victory in the Imola sprint

Franco Colapinto achieved his first victory in the Formula 2. In Imola, aboard his car MP Motorsport He won the sprint race on the Italian track after overtaking Paul Aron on the last lap. The driver born in Pilar had started from second position, but after a bad start he finished third. He managed to be the escort and was closing the gap until in the last lap he overtook his rival. Colapinto added 11 points as he also set the lap record.

“I always have confidence in him, I know what he can give, I knew he was going to win it in the last lap, it is a credit to him and the entire team. He ran with Flaco Traverso at his sidehere the recovery begins,” said Aníbal, Father Franco.

Despite having started slowly again at the start of a race, Colapinto avoided a multiple crash, fell just one position and took advantage of the Safety Car of five laps to warm up the tires and be able to carry out his strategy. Thus, he overtook the Belgian Cordeel, who made a mistake and went outside in a chicane, to get second for a good part of the race. And that situation allowed him to make a difference in the line that was formed with the main drivers of the category and to be able to think only of Paul Aron.

But when it seemed that it was not enough for him to repeat the victory he had achieved on the Italian circuit aboard a Formula 3, the Buenos Aires native saw a gap and did not hesitate. Just in the last lap he took advantage of a slip of the pointer, went full throttle and signed a brave Traverso-style maneuver, whom he is honoring in this race. Consequently, he overtook Aron and then went straight to the checkered flag to make the entire MP Motorsport delirious and, especially, the Argentine public who supported him through the screen.

With a brief celebration as he drove to the pits, Colapinto got out of the car and went to look for his father and his entire team to celebrate his first joy in a championship that had started with a sprained foot. And at the moment of the podium, when the national anthem sounded in Imola, he realized the magnitude of what he had achieved and his emotion won over rationality.

On Sunday the main race will be held at 5, in which the Argentine will start in ninth place. With victory being an absolute dream, he will try to score as many points as possible to place himself as high as possible in the competition. The event will be broadcast on Star+.

Thanks to the 11 units of the Sprint, he climbed four places to go from 13th to 9th. He now has 26 points with which he equals José Martí. Zake Maloney continues to lead the tournament with 68.