Where is Franco Colapinto From?

Last Modified May 12, 2025 08:26 GMT
Where is Franco Colapinto From?
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Franco Colapinto is an Argentine racing driver who competes in the Formula 1 Championship with the Alpine Racing team for the 2025 season. He started his racing career at age nine and went on to win various karting leagues in Argentina. He was born in Pilar to an Italian father, Anibal Colapinto, and a Ukrainian mother, Andrea Trofimczuk. Colapinto started his single-seater racing with the Drivex racing team in the 4 Spanish Championship.

He joined Formula 2 with MP Motorsport and became a member of the Williams Driver Academy in 2023. At the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, Colapinto debuted in F1 with Williams Racing and became a reserve driver for Alpine for the rest of the season. He has now been named Alpine's full-time F1 driver, replacing Jack Doohan at the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. It will be the first time that Franco Colapinto will drive for the 2025 F1 season.

Franco Colapinto Hometown

Franco Colapinto was born and raised in Pilar, a city located within the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. During his initial starting days of his racing, he participated in various junior races across the state. However, he got his first success in the field of racing when he won the Argentine Championship race in 2016. He also won the Buenos Aires Regional Championship in 2016.

He also won the prestigious gold medal at the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics with Maria Garcia Puig

Franco Colapinto Nationality

Franco Colapinto was born on May 27, 2003, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He holds Argentine nationality and proudly represents Argentina in international motorsport. He also has a dual citizenship, holding Italian citizenship through his father, but races under the Argentine flag in F1.

FAQs on Where is Franco Colapinto From?

A. Franco Colapinto is from Argentina. He was born and raised in Pilar, Buenos Aires.

A. Franco Colapinto is 21 years old as of May 2025.

A. Franco Colapinto lives in Argentina.

A. Franco Colapinto drives with Argentine nationality in F1 for the 2025 season.

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