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“He’s Hard to Overtake”: Sergio Perez Praises Williams’ Revelation Franco Colapinto

Pranay Bhagi
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“He’s Hard to Overtake”: Sergio Perez Praises Williams’ Revelation Franco Colapinto

Franco Colapinto is being hailed in the F1 community by his rivals for his performances after replacing Logan Sargeant midseason. While Lewis Hamilton shook hands and praised the Argentine at the Azerbaijan GP, Sergio Perez lauded Colapinto during the Singapore GP and then also further praised the Williams driver after the race.

According to Motorsport-Total.com, Perez said, “I think he drove a fantastic race. He didn’t make a single mistake. It was very difficult to follow him.  It was simply a difficult race. In the end, we managed to undercut Colapinto, but that was the only option we had.”

Perez was stuck behind Colapinto for the first stint during the Singapore GP. Although the Williams driver struggled with his tires, he yet managed to keep Perez behind him for the entirety of the stint. However, with Perez pitting before Colapinto, he was eventually able to undercut the Argentine.

James Vowles, in a Wall Street Journal interview, revealed how Colapinto wasn’t well known even in the world of motorsport, but ever since he made his Williams debut, he has become a worldwide sensation. Vowles suggested that he was shocked when Colapinto matched Albon’s time at Silverstone.

What does the future for Colapinto hold?

Although Colapinto has been performing phenomenally well, he will unfortunately not get the second seat at Williams, which is already given to Carlos Sainz. With all teams having confirmed their driver line-ups for 2025, Sauber is the only team that has a seat available.

Since Vowles has a good relationship with Colapinto, he revealed that he has been having discussions with Sauber, which will become the Audi works team in 2026, to sign the Argentine. Other than Colapinto, Sauber is also linked with Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu, Gabriel Bortoleto, and Liam Lawson.

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Pranay Bhagi

Pranay Bhagi

Pranay Bhagi is an F1 Journalist at the Sportsrush. He's been following the sport since 2010 and has been a Sebastian Vettel enthusiant since then. He started his F1 journalism journey two years ago and has written over 1300 articles. As an Aston Martin supporter, he hopes for Fernando Alonso to win the 3rd title. Apart from F1, anything with an engine and wheel intruiges him. In true petrolhead sense, he often travels across the country on his motorcycle.

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