Franco Colapinto's F1 negotiations saw missed opportunities with Red Bull but led to a promising reserve driver role at Alpine.

Franco Colapinto’s manager Maria Catarineu says it “didn’t work out” with Red Bull who were interested in signing the Argentinean as Max Verstappen’s F1 2025 team-mate. Colapinto arrived on the Formula 1 grid last year as an unknown,

Franco Colapinto’s manager has revealed Red Bull had an interest in her client, but a deal which could’ve seen him

According to Catarineu, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner expressed genuine interest in Colapinto's potential, considering him either as a teammate for Max Verstappen or for the secondary Red Bull team.

On Thursday, the BWT Alpine Formula 1 Team announced that it had reached a multi-year deal with Williams to sign Colapinto to a reserve and test driver role for this season. The move would appear to put Colapinto in line for a seat at Alpine should anything happen to—or the team decide to move on from—drivers Pierre Gasly or Jack Doohan.

Franco Colapinto has recently signed with Alpine, where he hopes to return to F1 as a full-time driver at some point of the season. Still, it could have turned out differently, as Red Bull were also interested in the Argentinian driver.