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Franco Colapinto drives for Alpine, carrying Argentina's colours in Formula One after starting his career with Williams Racing.
Colapinto explained
Franco Colapinto represents Argentina in Formula One, a role that gives the country a driver to follow through every session of a grand prix weekend. He arrived on the grid with Williams Racing and later joined the Alpine F1 Team, and across 41 race entries he has kept Argentine colours visible in the paddock. Formula One's Argentine following now has someone to track at each round of the championship.
He races under number 43 for Alpine in the 2026 season, a team entered under the French flag. His Formula One points total reads 26, while the win, podium, pole and championship columns remain empty. Those figures describe a driver who has taken the step into the championship and is still building the results to go with it, with the Argentine support behind him at each round.
Club record
Formula 1 career
41 race entries · Wikipedia infobox, 2026 Spanish Grand PrixYour questions
His birthday is 27 May 2003, and the Argentine driver made his Formula 1 debut at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.
Zero wins sit alongside 26 career points, with no podiums or pole positions recorded either.
He is 23 years old, having been born on 27 May 2003 in Argentina.
Pilar in Argentina is his home town, and he competes under the Argentine flag.
Racing in Formula 1 with Alpine through the 2026 season, he shows no sign of stepping away from the cockpit.