Franco Colapinto warned Red Bull chance “would be too soon” as rumours swirl

"I think if they put him in a Re💫d Bull alongside Max, it could destroy him. It wou🗹ld be too soon."

Franco Colapinto
Franco Colapinto

Ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok has warned Williams driver Franco Colapinto that a switch to Red Bull alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen “would be too soon” a꧅nd that it “could destroy him”.

Colapinto’s F1 future continues to be a hot topic after his run of impressive p🧸erformances for Williams.

T🐠he Argentine has scored points twice since making his F1 debut at the Italian Grand Prix in plaꦗce of Logan Sargeant.

With Williams’ driver line-up 𓆏sorted for next year, Colapinto has been linked with possible moves to Sauไber and the Red Bull family.

Sauber announced Gabriel Bortoleto as their second driver for next year, meaning Red 💦Bull or RB are Colapint🃏o’s only chance to be on the grid in 2025.

A seat could be 🌄a🌄vailable at either of Red Bull’s F1 teams if they finally decide to axe Sergio Perez.

Then it come꧙s down to which driver Red Bull put alongside Verstappen in✨ 2025.

Colapౠinto could be an♏ option - but Chandhok feels he’s not quite ready.

Speaking on the Sky Sports F1 podcast, Chandhok said: “I think it got fuelled a bit more when Christian Horner wandered down to “Clearly, there’s conversations going on. My personal view is, he’s clea✱rly very quick [and] very talented.

“I think we’ll all admit including Williams that i𝔍t’s been a bit of a surprise because his junior formula record didn’t sug🙈gest he’s going to be as good as he has been.

“Maybe he’s just well suited to an F1 car or the style of driving. But it would be a ﷺmistake to put him in a Red Bull.

“I think it would be too early. If they were talking about putting him in an RB, that w🗹ould be a good, sensible choice and career progression for him. I think if they put him iﷺn a Red Bull alongside Max, it could destroy him. It would be too soon.”

With Red Bull sitting third in the F1 constructors’ championship behind McLaren and Ferrari, strengt🐻hening their driver line-up has to be a top priority.

If not Colpainto, Red Bull have Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsuno🌊da to ꦕchoose from.

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