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Date of Birth: 27 May 2003

Place of Birth: Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Height: 174cm

Franco Colapinto was announced onto the team’s roster of Test and Reserve Drivers in January 2025.

Born in Pilar, a city in the northwest of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, Franco started his racing career at the age of nine. Karting in his home country he collected various regional and national titles before making his junior formulae debut in 2018 in the F4 Spanish Championship. A year later the Argentine driver won his first junior championship, claiming the 2019 F4 Spanish Championship title with 11 wins, 10 pole positions, 10 fastest laps and 13 total podiums across 21 races.

Franco progressed through various single seater series as well as gaining experience in endurance racing. He claimed third overall in both the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup and the 2020 Toyota Racing Series. In 2021, he drove in two FIA World Endurance Championship races and competed in both the Asian Le Mans Series and the European Le Mans Series, finishing third and fourth respectively.

In 2022 he made the step up to FIA Formula 3, securing his maiden win during the Sprint Race in Imola and going on to claim a second win in the Monza Sprint Race. Finishing on the podium a further three times he closed out the season ninth overall. Ahead of his second season in Formula 3, Franco was signed to the Williams Driver Academy and drove in the 2023 post-season test in Abu Dhabi. In Formula 3 that year, he won in both the Silverstone and Monza Sprint Races and claimed three additional podiums. His consistency in scoring points across the season earned him fourth in the standings.

Franco stepped in at MP Motorsport for the final round of the 2023 FIA Formula 2 season at Yas Marina before taking the full-time seat at the team for the 2024 season. He claimed his first Formula 2 win during the Imola Sprint Race, making a final push to overtake the car ahead for first place on the last lap of the race. Just two months later Franco made his Formula One session debut in Free Practice One of the 2024 British Grand Prix, driving for Williams Racing.

Prior to the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, it was announced that Franco would replace Logan Sargeant at Williams Racing for the rest of the Formula One season. Franco competed in the remaining nine rounds and scored points in both the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and the United States Grand Prix.

BWT Alpine Formula One Team announced in January that it had entered into an agreement with Williams Racing to secure the driving services of Franco on a multi-year deal. He was announced as a Test and Reserve Driver for the 2025 season.