“You know the great work I did”

This Sunday, the European media highlighted a fact that was already known: Franco Colapinto He was the fastest driver in the Formula 1 in 2024. Why is this? At the maximum speed reached in the Las Vegas Grand Prix: 356.4 kilometers per houra peak that no other pilot achieved in the entire year that is leaving.

Despite that, Franco did not get a seat for next year and will continue as Williams’ reserve driver. However, in these nine races the Argentine’s name made noise on the circuit and he himself took a liking to the adrenaline of the Great Circus. So much so that he is obsessed with returning to a single-seater as soon as possible.

“The balance is very positive, and looking at the nine races in general, not only because of how it ended, I started very well, scoring points and entering Q3, we had a very good car,” Franco reviewed his emergence into Formula 1, in a interview with the Spanish newspaper Marca.

And he continued: “We started to fall a little in terms of performance, and, with the step back, I think (Alex) Albon and I had to take risks. We didn’t have the parts for the cars and that affected me.”

“The important thing is that I left a good mark and a good mark in the category. I am happy because I gave my best in the car. F1 knows the great work I did in the few races I had,” he continued.

This Sunday, The Sun newspaper in England highlighted that Franco had been the fastest driver of all of 2024. In addition to having surpassed true motorsport icons such as Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton, the Argentine’s achievement has a double merit because he reached those 356 .4 kilometers per hour on the Las Vegas street circuit, one of the tracks that were absolutely unknown to him.

“Going up to F1 was my dream since I was very little, and having fulfilled it this year was very special, I am happy because I already made the leap, it was my dream come true. I am working so that there are not only nine races, we are all fighting for the same reason,” concluded Franco, who this Sunday returned to the front page of the world’s media.