Williams stand-in Franco Colapinto responds to Audi seat rumours after eye-catching Baku performance

Franco Colapinto has made clear that he’s totally targeted on persevering with to carry out for Williams over the ultimate seven rounds of the marketing campaign amid hypothesis linking the F1 newcomer to a seat at Kick Sauber in 2025.

Colapinto earned loads of plaudits ultimately weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix when the F2 graduate reached Q3 and scored factors in solely his second look for the Grove-based outfit since changing Logan Sargeant mid-season.

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Not solely did the outcome mark Williams’s first double factors end since final yr’s United States Grand Prix, but it surely additionally noticed Colapinto turn out to be the primary Argentine driver to attain since Carlos Reutemann again in 1982.

Colapinto’s show prompted loads of followers to argue that he deserves a full-time spot on subsequent yr’s grid, with Williams having already signed outgoing Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz to accomplice Alex Albon, however solely Sauber and RB have seats out there.

Requested if there are folks working to search out him one other drive, doubtlessly on the future Audi manufacturing unit crew, and speak of Argentinian soccer stars Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero being in his nook, Colapinto mentioned: “After all, it’s nice that they’re talking about this stuff.