Franco Colapinto

Franco Alejandro Colapinto (born 27 May 2003) is an Argentine-Italian[1] racing driver who currently races in FIA Formula 3 for Van Amersfoort Racing. He is the 2019 F4 Spanish champion and a race winner in the European Le Mans Series.[2]

Franco Colapinto
Colapinto in 2019
Nationality Argentine
Italian
via dual nationality
Born (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003
Buenos Aires, Argentina
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamVan Amersfoort Racing
Car number29
Wins1
Poles1
Best finishTBA in 2022
Previous series
2021
2020
2019–20
2019
2018–19		Asian Le Mans Series
Toyota Racing Series
Formula Renault Eurocup
Euroformula Open Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Championship titles
2019F4 Spanish Championship

Career

Karting

Colapinto started karting at the age of 9.[3] He won the Argentinian Championship in 2016 and again in 2018, alongside a victory in the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics.[4]

Lower formulae

Colapinto made his car racing debut in 2018, participating in the final round of the F4 Spanish Championship, driving for Drivex School. In 2019 Colapinto signed with FARacing by Drivex for a full campaign in the F4 Spanish Championship. He took the title by winning all three races in the season finale[5] bringing his debut car racing season tally to eleven victories, 13 podiums and 14 pole positions.[6] [7]

Euroformula Open

During the 2019 season, Colapinto drove for Drivex as a guest driver in the 2019 round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[8]

Formula Renault Eurocup

Drivex also ran Colapinto during the 2019 season at Spa and Catalunya.[9][10] In July 2020, Colapinto joined the championship[11] full-time with Dutch outfit MP Motorsport.[12]

Toyota Racing Series

In January 2020, Colapinto joined Kiwi Motorsport for the 2020 championship.[13] The season saw him claim a race win in Hampton Downs and further 7 podiums and end the championship third overall, clinching the rookie championship win.[14][15]

FIA Formula 3

In October 2020, Colapinto joined MP for the first day of post-season testing at Catalunya.[16][17] He did likewise the following year at Valencia, but ended up signing for Van Amersfoort Racing instead for the 2022 season, partnering Rafael Villagómez and Reece Ushijima.[18] The Argentinian started his F3 career in the best possible fashion, scoring a pole position on his and his team's debut in the series.[19] He went on to win the Sprint Race at the following round in Imola, scoring his and VAR's maiden victory in the series.[20]

Asian Le Mans Series

In February 2021, Colapinto joined G-Drive Racing #25 for the 2021 season.[21] The season saw him claim 3 podiums in 4 races, and end the championship third overall, with his co-drivers Rui Andrade and John Falb.[22]

Karting record

Karting career summary
Season Series Team Position
2013 Rotax Max Buenos Aires — Micro Max NC
2014 Argentinian Championship — Promocional 6th
2015 Argentinian Championship — Pre-Junior Acosta Kart Division NC
2016 Argentinian Championship — Sudam Junior 10th
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior 12th
ROK Cup International Final — Junior ROK Baby Race Srl 9th
Argentinian Championship — Pre-Junior 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 47th
2017 South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 2nd
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior CRG Nordam 23rd
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ Baby Race Srl 35th
2018 WSK Champions Cup — OK CRG Spa 22nd
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 17th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OK 24th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 46th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 69th
WSK Open Cup — OK 32nd
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 45th

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 F4 Spanish Championship Drivex School 4 1 2 0 2 49 9th
2019 F4 Spanish Championship Drivex School 21 11 10 10 13 325 1st
Euroformula Open Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 27th
Formula Renault Eurocup FA Racing by Drivex 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 20 2 0 2 9 213.5 3rd
Toyota Racing Series Kiwi Motorsport 15 1 1 2 8 315 3rd
2021 Formula Regional European Championship MP Motorsport 16 2 3 4 4 140 6th
Asian Le Mans Series G-Drive Racing 4 0 3 3 3 66 3rd
European Le Mans Series 6 1 3 2 2 74 4th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver ROFGO Racing with Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 11 27th
2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 4 1 1 0 1 22 6th*

† As Colapinto was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2018 Drivex School ARA
1		 ARA
2		 ARA
3		 CRT
1		 CRT
2		 CRT
3		 ALG
1		 ALG
2		 ALG
3		 CAT
1		 CAT
2		 JER
1		 JER
2		 JER
3		 NAV
1
5		 NAV
2
5		 NAV
3
2		 NAV
4
1		 9th 49
2019 Drivex School NAV
1
1		 NAV
2
3		 NAV
3
6		 LEC
1
4		 LEC
2
7		 LEC
3
4		 ARA
1
1		 ARA
2
14		 ARA
3
11		 CRT
1
1		 CRT
2
1		 CRT
3
1		 JER
1
4		 JER
2
3		 JER
3
1		 ALG
1
1		 ALG
2
1		 ALG
3
4		 CAT
1
1		 CAT
2
1		 CAT
3
1		 1st 325

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2019 FA Racing by Drivex MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 MON
1		 MON
2		 LEC
1		 LEC
2		 SPA
1
12		 SPA
2
20		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 CAT
1
11		 CAT
2
10		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 YMC
1		 YMC
2		 NC† 0
2020 MP Motorsport MNZ
1
1		 MNZ
2
3		 IMO
1
6		 IMO
2
7		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
6		 MAG
1
13		 MAG
2
Ret		 ZAN
1
6		 ZAN
2
3		 CAT
1
6		 CAT
2
3		 SPA
1
1‡		 SPA
2
12		 IMO
1
4		 IMO
2
2		 HOC
1
4		 HOC
2
3		 LEC
1
3		 LEC
2
3		 3rd 213.5

† As Colapinto was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2020 Kiwi Motorsport HIG
1
9		 HIG
2
6		 HIG
3
2		 TER
1
4		 TER
2
5		 TER
3
8		 HMP
1
5		 HMP
2
1		 HMP
3
8		 PUK
1
3		 PUK
2
3		 PUK
3
2		 MAN
1
3		 MAN
2
2		 MAN
3
2		 3rd 315

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
2021 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DUB
1
4		 DUB
2
2		 ABU
1
3		 ABU
2
2		 3rd 66

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2021 MP Motorsport IMO
1
WD		 IMO
2
WD		 CAT
1
28†		 CAT
2
Ret		 MCO
1
WD		 MCO
2
WD		 LEC
1
12		 LEC
2
12		 ZAN
1
5		 ZAN
2
2		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
6		 RBR
1
1		 RBR
2
4		 VAL
1
1		 VAL
2
2		 MUG
1
Ret		 MUG
2
5		 MNZ
1
7		 MNZ
2
6		 6th 140

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2021 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
4		 RBR
2		 LEC
1		 MNZ
8		 SPA
NC		 ALG
5		 4th 74

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Nyck de Vries		 Aurus 01-Gibson LMP2 358 12th 7th

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2022 Van Amersfoort Racing BHR
SPR
25		 BHR
FEA
5		 IMO
SPR
1		 IMO
FEA
22		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 ZAN
SPR		 ZAN
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 6th* 22*

* Season still in progress.

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