Williams are speaking to a couple of rival crew about future alternatives for Franco Colapinto, together with a possible place on the 2025 F1 grid.
Colapinto has impressed since changing Logan Sargeant within the crew’s line-up 5 races in the past. He has additionally amassed a big following and plenty of of his supporters have turned as much as this weekend’s race, which is the closest F1 involves his native Argentina.
Williams has already confirmed Carlos Sainz Jnr as Alexander Albon’s new crew mate for subsequent 12 months. Nonetheless crew principal James Vowles mentioned they’re “exploring potentialities with quite a few groups which are in the meanwhile” about hiring him.
“It could be improper to do something greater than speculate,” mentioned Vowles in in the present day’s press convention on the Interlagos circuit. “There’s nothing to essentially talk past that time. When there may be, I’ll fortunately discuss it as a result of he’s an distinctive driver and I actually imply that.
“Go look outdoors, there was tens of 1000’s of people right here to help a driver that’s been in our championship for 5 races. He’s doing an impressive job on-track. And as I’ve mentioned from the very starting: Earn your place and parts will come your approach.
“However past there I believe, particularly once we have a look at the actual fact he’s a 21-year-old and my accountability can also be in direction of him and ensuring we do the fitting factor, I need to guarantee that we, when we now have information, come to the world [then]. However there actually isn’t a lot to speak about proper now.”
Formally, Sauber is the one crew with a emptiness in its driver line-up for the 2025 F1 season. Nonetheless Crimson Bull crew principal Christian Horner was seen visiting Williams’ motorhome in Brazil, prompting hypothesis they may rent him for one in all their two groups.
Requested why Horner had been to go to them, Vowles replied: “We’ve lately signed a brand new espresso sponsor [and] he actually wished to strive it. That was an excellent a part of the dialog. He loved it.”
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