Williams has confirmed that it has dropped Logan Sargeant for the remainder of the 2024 season, to be replaced by reserve driver Franco Colapinto.
But who is Franco Colapinto? And how did he come by his Superlicense points? This is everything you need to know.
Who is Franco Colapinto, Williams’ newest driver?
Franco Colapinto is an Argentine racer born on May 27, 2003, and at just 21 years old, he’s already deeply accomplished.
Colapinto started out in go-karts when he was just nine years old, and he quickly took to the discipline, winning the 2016 Argentine Championship followed by a karting victory in the Youth Summer Olympics of 2018.
Colapinto debuted in open-wheel’s F4 Spanish Championship in 2018 for just one round. In 2019, he won the Spanish F4 title and made appearances in Formula Renault Eurocup and the Euroformula Open Championship.
Then, 2020 saw him finish third in both Formula Renault Eurocup and the Toyota Racing Series, an open-wheel championship in New Zealand.
