Franco Colapinto had a difficult Sunday in the Brazilian Grand Prixwhere he had an accident in the middle of the rain on the circuit of Interlagos and he had to abandon for the first time since he became a pilot. Formula 1. The Colapinto crash generated reactions of all kinds. And one that went viral was from Coradaughter of Carlos Reutemannwhich did not go down well with Colapinto’s followers.
«Good pilots are seen in the rain»wrote Reutemann’s daughter on social networks, with a video of a remembered Lole race in 1981. Reutemann’s daughter’s intention was to praise her father and assures that it had no relation to what happened with Colapinto, but she ended up deleting the message when receiving criticism on the networks.
«2 days ago I wanted to post that video of the race that dad won in the rain on a day like today in 1981, the year of the championship that was stolen from him and it has nothing to do with Colapinto, whom I praised from the beginning»wrote Cora Reutemann, who in turn published a video highlighting the young pilot, who curiously wore a helmet in tribute to Reutemann.
«Tribute from an Argentine to another Argentine»says the message that Colapinto published on social networks, presenting his new helmet reminiscent of Carlos Reutemann’s when he raced for the Williams team, between 1980 and 1982. «For you, Lole»wrote the young Argentine pilot in his tribute.
Colapinto vs. Williams
“Let’s get into the box for the ‘wet’ (tyres), mates.“Collapinto told his team before the accident and in the middle of the rain. But the team did not agree. “OK, we’re on it now. Wait… Stay on the track. We need to stay on track. We need to survive, stay on the track. I think it’s going to stop in a minute. You have to survive one more… Stay on the track with the highest temperature possible”.
“Comrades, do you understand me?”said Colapinto. “Yes, we understand you. We need to stay on track. Focus on not making mistakes, I know it’s tough out there… Most cars are intermediate.”the team replied. “I already know, but in two laps I make up the time“, insisted the Argentine. “Trust us, remember what we talked about. Let us do our job and do yours. I think it’s the right decision“, they answered from Williams.
Once the race was over, the young Argentine driver expressed these words to the media about the team’s strategy: “We stopped to have the intermediates warm. I was pushing on the exit lap to keep the temperatures up. It was unmanageable with the intermediate tires. “They are the ones who propose and they are the ones who decide”.