‘It was one of my dreams to drive in Argentina’ – Colapinto reflects on uplifting road show in Buenos Aires Franco Colapinto recently became the first Argentinian to drive an F1 car on the streets of Buenos Aires. Franco Colapinto has expressed just how much his appearance driving an F1 car in front of a packed-out Buenos Aires crowd meant to him, sharing that it has always been “one of my dreams to drive in Argentina”. The Argentinian racer ticked off a historic moment as he took to the streets of his home country’s capital city in a road show, getting behind the wheel of both the 2012 Lotus E20 – which was decked out in an updated Alpine livery – and a replica of Juan Manuel Fangio’s Mercedes W196. With an estimated 600,000 passionate fans gathering to watch Colapinto complete high-speed runs and burnouts in his home city, he was able to achieve a lifelong ambition of bringing the F1 action closer to his supporters and family. “It was one of my dreams to drive in Argentina, and to bring a Formula 1 car to my country was one of the other things I really wanted to do since I was a kid,” he said. “To have the chance and the support of the team and have so many people that were pushing for it was really cool, and to see so many happy faces and so many people enjoying, watching but also listening – there were ones who were also very far back and just hearing the engine roar and the burnouts and doughnuts – it was really exciting for everyone. “I could see them enjoying it a lot, which was also what I wanted. To spend some time with my family and to have the chance to