Has Franco Colapinto blown his big Red Bull audition?
Red Bu⭕ll still have a 2025 driver decision to make

Franco Colapinto’s red-hot form has cooled as the F1 season nears i𝕴ts conclusion, raising new questions about 𒐪his future.
Williams driver Colapinto has no race seat for 2025 because his team will sign Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to drive 🐽alongside Alex A💟lbon.
Red Bull admitted to making an enquiry about the highly-touted Colapinto’s availability during his impressive first racಞes, after he replaced Logan Sargeant mid-season.
“From my point of view, Colapinto is fixed,꧋” predicted Ralf Schumacher to .
Red Bull have two options to place Colapinto - either in their main team instead of Sergio Perez, or 🙈in their RB team.
Perez’s dreadful qualifying for the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix was ye𒉰t another setback i꧋n his hopes to retain his 2025 Red Bull seat.
Sky Sports’ Martin Brundle hinted th꧅at Perez’s latest poor session ඣhad opened the door to Colapinto.
Brundle said about seeing Colapinto in F1 in 2025: “I think there’s a gr💞e🌳at chance you will, probably in quite a competitive car.
“We’ll see how all that𝐆 plays🐬 out, but I think tonight’s various performances cements that a little bit further…”
But shortly afterwards, Colapinto crashed.
He turned too early into Turn 16 and clattered into concrete wall🌞s.
The 50G impact threatened Colapinto’s participation in Sunday’s La🦩s Vegas Grand Prix.
He was evaluated by medical professionals and passed fit, but due to his car’s significant repairs was forced to start from the pitlane. He finished a respectꦦable 14th.
But whethe🌼r Red Bull will remain so hot on this unexpected talent remains to be seen.
They still have Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda,🥂 from their RB team, to consider.
And it might be deemed that Colapinto’s fast rise through the F1 ranks is better suited to another y⭕ear developing outside of a Red🧜 Bull car.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Spor🌞tꦅs for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.