Extremely touted rookie Franco Colapinto of Argentina makes his debut at Monza this weekend amid comparisons he’s the ‘Messi of F1’.
Rookie Franco Colapinto disregarded communicate of him being Method One’s Lionel Messi as he prepares for his debut on the Italian Brilliant Prix.
The 21-year-old will change into the primary Argentinian motive force to compete in F1 in additional than twenty years this weekend in Monza later changing suffering Logan Sargeant for Williams.
His appointment extremely joyful enthusiasts of the game again house, however requested whether or not he felt like soccer icon Messi earlier than the endmost International Cup, Colapinto mentioned such communicate used to be “crazy”.
“It’s very difficult to feel as Lionel Messi, I don’t know how it is to feel that,” Colapinto advised journalists on Thursday.
“But sometimes, I see that they compare me and I’m like, ‘You guys are crazy. Like Messi is God; it’s like you cannot, how are you comparing me?’”
Colapinto has no longer all set top expectancies for his debut with Williams, who’ve a paltry 4 issues within the F1 constructors’ championship.
“I am not expecting much … I just want to go step by step, I want to focus on myself,” he added.
“That’s the main thing I think. To be able to be focused on my job. To be able to do what the team expects. And I am, to be honest, more than sure that I can do it.”
The motion will get beneath manner at Monza on Friday with the primary two of the weekend’s 3 follow classes.