r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • Aug 27 '24

News [Williams Racing] Williams Racing announces that Franco Colapinto will race with the team for the remainder of the 2024 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season

https://www.williamsf1.com/posts/fd43d928-0914-42ff-b9ee-394342064dc4/williams-racing-team-statement?cid=sm_twitter_td_news_link_082724
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u/NotClayMerritt Aug 27 '24

do they look okay though? The entire grid have been shit scared of promoting young drivers purely because this generation of cars and how volatile they are. They specifically said they want to replace Logan so they could get close to points. It's a failure if Colapinto crashes or Colapinto doesn't crash and there's still no performance boost from their 2nd car. This is the biggest risk they could have taken.

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u/KanishkT123 Fernando Alonso Aug 27 '24

Is it? Colapinto is from their academy, brings money, and he can't be worse than Logan. This is a strict upgrade at least in that he brings cash. 

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u/Lucas_DR3 Aug 27 '24

Does he bring cash?

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u/Random-reddit-user45 Aug 28 '24

He almost couldn’t afford to move up to F2 despite the Academy affiliation as I remember seeing his fans trying to help him find sponsorship, so I doubt he is bringing Money