Williams talking to multiple teams about opportunities for Colapinto · RaceFans

Williams are talking to more than one rival team about future opportunities for Franco Colapinto, including a potential place on the 2025 F1 grid.

Colapinto has impressed since replacing Logan Sargeant in the team’s line-up five races ago. He has also amassed a significant following and many of his supporters have turned up to this weekend’s race, which is the closest F1 comes to his native Argentina.

Williams has already confirmed Carlos Sainz Jnr as Alexander Albon’s new team mate for next year. However team principal James Vowles said they are “exploring possibilities with a number of teams that are interested at the moment” about hiring him.

“It would be wrong to do anything more than speculate,” said Vowles in today’s press conference at the Interlagos circuit. “There’s nothing to really communicate beyond that point. When there is, I’ll happily talk about it because he’s an exceptional driver and I really mean that.

“Go look outside, there was tens of thousands of individuals here to support a driver that’s been in our championship for five races. He’s doing an outstanding job on-track. And as I’ve said from the very beginning: Earn your position and elements will come your way.

“But beyond there I think, especially when we look at the fact he’s a 21-year-old and my responsibility is also towards him and making sure we do the right thing, I want to make sure that we, when we have news, come to the world [then]. But there really isn’t much to talk about right now.”

Officially, Sauber is the only team with a vacancy in its driver line-up for the 2025 F1 season. However Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was seen visiting Williams’ motorhome in Brazil, prompting speculation they might hire him for one of their two teams.

Asked why Horner had been to visit them, Vowles replied: “We’ve recently signed a new coffee sponsor [and] he really wanted to try it. That was a good part of the conversation. He enjoyed it.”

| Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free