Shock Red Bull “offer is there” claim for Franco Colapinto
Franco C꧂olapinto cꦦould be offered full-time F1 drive in 2025

Franco Colapinto has a propos🧔al which would see him drive forᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ RB in 2025, it is claimed.
The Williams driver has hugely impressed since ste🐬pping in on a temporary basis, but know🏅s he can’t stay with his current team next season because they are welcoming Carlos Sainz.
Sainz, the outgoing Ferrari driver, is on pole for the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix and is a major coup f♌or Williams alongside Alex Albon.
But Colapinto’s good form since replacing L🌱ogan Sargeant has attracted admiration from elsewhere.
Red Bull have firmed up their intඣerest, re🌳port.
"The offer is there, in Milton Keynes they can offer him a 🥂seat,❀” they report.
“But the 'card' is from Williams whi🔯ch has had him in its junior programme for two years and it is not certain🎉 that it is willing to sell him.”
Red♒ Bull could opt to put Colapinto into their sister team, at RB, while promoting Liam Lawson to the main team alongside Max Verstappen, and getting rid of Sergio Perez.
Colapinto told Sky Sports about his future: “🐠I am not really into it. My managers do an amazing job and I trust them.
“My job is to drive the 💛car quﷺick enough, to turn the wheel.
“They are doing a great job. I am not focused on what is happening, I don’t want to put ♍energꦍy into it.
“I know there are no seats left, no space ꦦfor me to go.
“I am tryin🌠g to show that I deserve a place in Formula 1, that I came to stay.
“I hope to leave that impression.
“I am sure that in the future 🍬- 2026 0r 2027 - ෴I will be back.”
Sky Sports’ Karun Chandhok reacted to the rumours of a move to RB: “He’s doneﷺ a great j🏅ob.
“He’s proved that he deserves to stay. It’s a ﷽shame that there isn’t a seat at Williams.
“The team wan🌱t to help him stay in F1 but they’ll want t♑o keep him on a bungee-cord, not just let him go.
“Otherwise they’ve invested in training him for some🦄one else to get the ben♌efit.
“The only way is for Williams to pu🔜t him on a lead. But if you’re ෴RB, are you keen on that? Historically they’d want to own the contract.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to fooꦜtball, t♐o F1.