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Franco Alejandro Colapinto (born 27 May 2003) is an Argentine-Italian racing driver who is due to compete in FIA Formula 3 for MP Motorsport. He is the 2019 F4 Spanish champion and a race winner in the European Le Mans Series. He is a member of the Williams Driver Academy.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Career
Karting
Colapinto started karting at the age of nine. He won the Argentinian Championship in 2016 and again in 2018, alongside a victory in the 2018Youth Summer Olympics
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Lower formulae
Colapinto made his car racing debut in 2018, participating in the final round of the F4 Spanish Championship, driving for Drivex School. In 2019 Colapinto signed with FARacing by Drivex for a full campaign in the F4 Spanish Championship. He took the title by winning all three races in the season finale bringing his debut car racing season tally to eleven victories, 13 podiums and 14 pole positions.Euroformula Open
During the 2019 season, Colapinto drove for Drivex as a guest driver in the2019
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round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
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Formula Renault Eurocup
Drivex also ran Colapinto during the 2019 season at Spa and Catalunya. In July 2020, Colapinto joined the championship full-time with Dutch outfit MP Motorsport.Toyota Racing Series
In January 2020, Colapinto joined Kiwi Motorsport for the 2020 championship. The season saw him claim a race win inHampton Downs
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and further 7 podiums and end the championship third overall, clinching the rookie championship win.
FIA Formula 3
2022
In October 2020, Colapinto joined MP Motorsport for the first day of post-season testing at Catalunya. He did likewise the following year at Valencia, but ended up signing for Van Amersfoort Racing instead for the 2022 season, partneringRafael Villagómez
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and Reece Ushijima. The Argentinian started his F3 career with a pole position on his and his team's debut in the series at Sakhir. He went on to win the Sprint Race at the following round in Imola, scoring his and VAR's maiden victory in the series. Throughout the season Colapinto took three more podium finishes at the Spielberg, Budapest and Zandvoort rounds and a second Sprint Race win at the final round in Monza
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to finish ninth in the drivers' standings.
2023
In September, Colapinto partook in the 2022 post-season test, again with MP Motorsport. On January 9, 2023, he was announced as MP Motorsport's driver for the2023 season
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Asian Le Mans Series
In February 2021, Colapinto joined G-Drive Racing #25 for the 2021 season. The season saw him claim 3 podiums in 4 races, and end the championship third overall, with his co-drivers Rui Andrade and John Falb.Formula One
In January 2023, Colapinto was announced to be joining the Williams Driver Academy.Karting record
Karting career summary
Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Colapinto was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† As Colapinto was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Toyota Racing Series results
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Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
References
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Colapinto, Franco 2003 births Living people Argentine racing drivers Spanish F4 Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Toyota Racing Series drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers European Le Mans Series drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers MP Motorsport drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers Van Amersfoort Racing drivers G-Drive Racing drivers W Racing Team drivers Drivex drivers Karting World Championship drivers FA Racing drivers Audi Sport drivers Competitors at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics