Franco Colapinto made the news again this Friday at the Las Vegas Grand Prix thanks to a unusual statement that the young Argentinian driver did in the mixed zone after the first practice sessions. After the media interview was over, ESPN reporter Juan Fossaroli asked him an observation on the smell which is located near the circuit of the Argentine driver, who true to his style has released a sentence that made you laugh of the people present.
“Yeah, there was a smell of joint. If they drug the drivers now, I think they will all be positive, I swear, stupid,” said Colapinto, who finished 17th and 18th in training in Nevada. “When we all test positive, it’s chaos,” joked the Argentine pilot.
However, Colapinto was not the only driver to mention this unexpected situation in Las Vegas. Analyzing the differences between last year’s track and the current one in Las Vegas, the Mexican Checo Pérez made a similar assessment. “There is very little running, practice 1 was a total disaster, it was very dirty. What is very noticeable throughout the tour is the smell of marijuana throughout the night. I’m already a little tired, the quantity is incredible. It’s something that all the drivers will surely talk about,” explained the Red Bull driver.
It will be the seventh weekend of Colapinto since his arrival in Formula 1 to replace the American Logan Sargeant and be the Williams teammate of the Thai Alex Albon. The Argentinian, despite his few races, has already managed to make a name for himself in the F1 paddock by scoring five points, after his eighth place in the general classification. Azerbaijan Street Circuit and tenth at the United States Grand Prix.
Although he does not have a guaranteed place for next season (the British team has concluded the contracts of Albon and the Spaniard Carlos Sainz, who will arrive from Ferrari), his name is linked to Red Bull to be Max Verstappen’s teammate or as a Racing Bull driver. A rumor also circulated that it was in Alpine orbit.
