Nationality: Argentinian
Birthday: 27 May 2003
Current team: Alpine
Previous teams: Williams
Number: 43
Strengths: Racepace, quick adapter, good at overtaking
Weaknesses: Takes unnecessary risks, lacks qualifying pace, off-track behaviour
Strongest tracks: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Britain
Weakest tracks: Belgium, Hungary, Saudi Arabia
Statistics
Grand Prix wins: 0
Pole Positions: 0
Fastest laps: 0
Podiums: 0
World Championships: 0
F1 teammate record H2H
Total Q record: 8-23
Total R record: 12-17
| Teammate | Q record | R record |
| Gasly (2025-26) | 6-16 | 8-13 |
| Albon (2024) | 2-7 | 4-4 |
Pre-F1 championship results
9th in Formula 2 (2024) (didn’t finish the season due to F1 promotion)
4th in Formula 3 (2023)
9th in Formula 3 (2022)
7th in Le Mans (2021)
3rd in Formula Regional Europe (2021)
3rd in Formula Renault Eurocup & Toyota Series (2020)
Won Spanish F4 (2019)
Dominated Argentinian karting from 2016-2018
Career analysis
Colapinto started as an excellent karter and by the end of the 2010s, he seemed like a future star. Then he flopped in F3 and F2, but it didn’t matter as Williams still decided to put him in Formula One halfway through the 2024 season.
With relatively low expectations, Colapinto performed very well in his first couple of F1 races. He showed great prowess as a racer and was close in performance to the decently rated Alex Albon.
Sadly, he began crashing his Williams too frequently by the end of the season, and due to Carlos Sainz‘s eminent arrival, there was no immediate spot for Colapinto on the 2025 grid. But he smartly signed with Alpine as a test driver and was promoted ahead of the seventh race in the 2025 season, giving hope for a career revival.
Initially, he struggled in the Alpine, but as the season progressed, Colapinto got closer and closer to Pierre Gasly and generally avoided incidents. It was easy to tell that Colapinto had been instructed to drive more conservatively. This made it fairly boring to follow him, as he seemed tamer than in the previous year where he showed more guts.
With no better prospects for Alpine in the near future, it would make sense for them to keep the Argentinian around.
It was uncertain whether or not Colapinto could keep his private life clean, as he quickly got involved with partying and enjoyed the fame immediately after his F1 promotion. But he showed signs of maturing in his second year. He still makes controversial statements to the press, and has a strange beef going on with Lance Stroll. This could prove distractive over time.
Colapinto shows solid skills in race pace and overtaking. He is also adapting well to new cars and isn’t startled by changing situations around him. These are very useful skills for a racing driver. He needs to improve his qualifying performance, but this should be possible, especially as he can study the telemetry of teammate Pierre Gasly who is an excellent qualifier.
It’s difficult to see Colapinto as a future star driver, but he can be a solid midfielder in F1 if given enough time at Alpine to gain experience and properly develop his skills.
