F1 star Franco Colapinto confirms Red Bull transfer interest ahead of 2025 season

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F1 star confirms Red Bull transfer interest ahead of 2025 season

Franco Colapinto will start the upcoming F1 season in a reserve driver role

By Kerry Violet.

Tuesday 25 February 2025 00:00

Axed Formula 1 star Franco Colapinto has confirmed that Red Bull were one of the teams interested in his services after an impressive debut showing in the sport.

Colapinto was thrust into the limelight ahead of the Italian Grand Prix last year as he was drafted in as Logan Sargeant's replacement at Williams.

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Having cost the Grove-based outfit vital points and an eye-watering amount of repair fees across multiple race weekends in the first half of the season, James Vowles opted to drop Sargeant in the hope of improving his team's chances.

And he did just that, with Colapinto showing plenty of skill, albeit with a few big mistakes along the way.

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Colapinto: Red Bull were very interested

During the peak of the hype that quickly gathered around the 21-year-old's talent, rumors of serious interest from Red Bull gained traction despite Christian Horner's outfit boasting their own impressive pool of junior drivers.

Ahead of his first season as a reserve driver for Alpine, Spanish publication Mundo Deportivo have reported Colapinto's confirmation that Red Bull were among the teams who had registered interest in signing him to their ranks.

Speaking to Dario Argentina, Colapinto said: "I wanted to prove that I deserved a seat in Formula 1 and that I hadn't just arrived there to race nine races, that I had arrived for a lot longer.

"When I got in, I knew there was no seat for 2025, so I was with that in mind, but I also wanted to show what I could do and I showed it well. There's a reason why people like Flavio, like Alpine, like Red Bull were very interested at the time."

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