boss has revealed ’s 2025 plans in mild of the Argentine driver lacking out on a seat in subsequent yr.
Colapinto, 21, changed Logan Sargeant after August’s Dutch Grand Prix and impressed with a couple of early top-10 finishes in Baku and Austin, in addition to a powerful first-lap overtake in Singapore.
But two pricey crashes in Sao Paulo and Las Vegas resulted in curiosity from Crimson Bull and Alpine cooling in current weeks. There is no such thing as a obtainable seat for Colapinto at Williams subsequent yr, with Carlos Sainz becoming a member of from Ferrari to companion Alex Albon, whereas Liam Lawson has changed at Crimson Bull and Isack Hadjar has at Racing Bulls.
Whereas the scenario was unclear at Crimson Bull with reference to Perez’s future, Vowles defined to The Unbiased the plans in place for the favored Argentine ought to he not land an F1 seat for subsequent yr.
“We’ll ensure that he’s working a historic automobile testing programme, TPC [Testing of Previous Cars] we name it,” Vowles stated. “That can maintain him contemporary and sincere.
“He’ll do full testing, TPC testing, simulator work. He’ll come right here with us to be a reserve driver on the similar time.”
On his future past that, with Cadillac set to affix the game as an eleventh staff in 2026, Vowles added: “I’m pretty positive he’s effectively sufficient revered within the enterprise that he received’t solely be a 3rd driver right here, however the different groups would very very like a chance to assist Franco as effectively.
“We’ve been discussing [seats] with different groups. For transparency, not with Cadillac.
“I need to ensure that he has a profitable profession. If we will’t supply that, then we’ll discover a place for him and see what we will supply him sooner or later.”
Vowles held talks with Crimson Bull boss Christian Horner about Colapinto becoming a member of his staff subsequent yr in Brazil, although no deal was agreed.
And whereas Colapinto held out hope {that a} seat inside the Crimson Bull ecosystem can be doable – whether or not it’s the primary staff or RB – Lawson’s promotion to Crimson Bull and Hadjar’s RB choice means there is no such thing as a open seat on the grid for the 21-year-old subsequent yr.
In addition to his reserve driver duties with Williams, Colapinto might additionally pursue appearances in different racing sequence’, such because the World Endurance Championship or the European Le Mans Collection.
Colapinto failed to complete in three of the ultimate 4 races of the 2024 season. He was pressured to retire on the season finale in Abu Dhabi resulting from an influence unit concern.
