Franco Colapinto’s future in Formula 1 is a big unknown. The Argentine driver does not have his place guaranteed for next season at Williams, due to the arrival of Carlos Sainz to the team in 2025. That is why his options are two: stay as a tester or look for a place in another team.
In response to the latter, the alternative of Red Bull It is one that has been latent in recent months. The Austrians have Max Verstappen as a banner, who could secure the championship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, if mathematics helps him. Secondly is Sergio Perezwhose performance in 2024 is not as expected: with the same vehicle as the Dutchman, he is eighth overall and is the only one in the Top 8 who has not won any stage.
This could motivate the chance of a seat so that the Buenos Aires native can compete in 2025, in case the Europeans decide to terminate the contract with the Mexican (and it is not occupied by Liam Lawson, of course)which is valid until 2026. However, the latter has given clear signs that he considers continuing at Red Bull. The last of them has been more than eloquent.
Checo Pérez’s statements about his place at Red Bull
The Mexican gave an interview to GQ Sports, in which he mentioned having had more than one proposal from other teams, all of which were rejected. “I had an opportunity, two opportunities, to change teams,” he mentioned in the first instance. “When I saw it, I thought ‘I really love the challenge I have at Red Bull’. It’s a huge challenge to be Max’s teammate.”
“It’s a challenge that basically trains you for everything. So I said ‘I want to spend the last part of my career at the top. At the top, where the pressure is maximum,'” completed the native of Guadalajara, who leaves no hint of doubts about his intention to remain at Red Bull.
How Red Bull is doing in the constructors’ championship
With three stages left to conclude the season (Las Vegas, Doha and Abu Dhabi), the Austrians are third overall, the product of 544 points (393 from Verstappen and 151 from Checo). Ferrari surpasses them by 13 units, while McLaren leads with 593. The Top 5 is completed by Mercedes with 382 and Aston Martin, much further away, with 86.
When does Franco Colapinto run again?
The Argentine Williams will return to the tracks between November 21 and 23 at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the penultimate of the season. The Pilar native will seek to redeem himself after having to abandon in San Pablo, the first time that he was unable to finish a race since his emergence into Formula 1, except for the qualy of that same stage.
Max Verstappen could secure the championship at this circuit, if he wins it or finishes ahead of Lando Norris; or that Norris makes the podium without winning the stage, with the Dutchman behind with a fast lap; or that McLaren’s is between fourth and eighth place, with Red Bull’s behind him; or that the British directly falls below ninth place.
It will be the Buenos Aires native’s seventh opportunity in the most important competition in the world of motorsports, in which he has already made headlines after scoring points in both Baku and Austin and he will seek to repeat the feat in the United States, with Qatar and Abu Dhabi in the near horizon. In the distance, meanwhile, is its future. One that, for the moment, seems up in the air.