Potential Red Bull team-mates speak out on Franco Colapinto amid growing rumours

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Yuki Tsunoda says he’d be surprised if Franco Colapinto wasn’t on Red Bull’s list for 2025, amidst rumours the Williams driver could join him at VCARB.

Red Bull are in the midst of a game of musical chairs when it comes to the driver line-ups for their two F1 teams.

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It started five weeks ago when they dropped Daniel Ricciardo to make space for Liam Lawson, giving the New Zealander six races in which to show Red Bull what he can do.

But what started out as a VCARB audition has become bigger with Lawson said to be in the running to replace Sergio Perez as Max Verstappen’s 2025 team-mate. And if that happens, Colapinto – if Williams agree to part ways with the Argentinean – could join Tsunoda at VCARB.

Colapinto has excelled in his brief run with Williams, since replacing the ousted Logan Sargeant after the American failed to score a point in his 15 starts in F1 2024.

“He’s definitely doing a good job,” Tsunoda said when quizzed about the Colapinto rumours in Brazil. “To be honest, I don’t know much about those things. And yeah, I didn’t see much.

“Yeah, definitely. It’s actually, if it’s not an option, I’ll be surprised, right? Because he’s doing well and he don’t have a seat so far for next season.

“And if he’s fast, I’m thinking for all the teams he will be an option who don’t have selected a seat yet for next year.”

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Colapinto to Red Bull is ‘complicated’ says World Champ

Red Bull’s star driver Max Ver also weighed in on Colapinto joining the Red Bull family, calling it “complicated” due to his ties to Williams.

But whatever happens, he hopes Colapinto has shown all the teams on the grid that they can trust rookie drivers to do the job in F1.

“It’s complicated to answer that because he’s still contracted to Williams,” said the reigning World Champion. “And of course, he’s doing a great job. I think also Williams is probably scratching their heads a bit about what to do with Franco.

“But for me personally, it just shows that I think teams in general just need to be more open to put young talents in and trust them. Because now you have this kind of situation where he’s a Williams junior and potentially has to leave or try to find luck elsewhere, right? While, they could have put him in the car.

“So, yeah, it’s complicated. I mean, whatever he decides or his management decides to do, I mean, does he deserve a spot on the grid? I think with what he has shown so far, yes. But, yeah, it’s not easy to find a spot at the moment.”


 

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