F1 make silly pitlane mistake in Monza with Colapinto's name

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Pitlane mistake with Colapinto name in Italy
29 August at 07:14
Last update 29 August at 07:36
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  • Sandy van Wijngaarden

This weekend at the Italian Grand Prix, Franco Colapinto will make his first appearance for the Williams team. His name is already hanging over the team's pit box, only there has been a mistake.

On Tuesday, it was announced by Williams that Logan Sargeant will have to leave the team with immediate effect. His replacement was announced simultaneously. F2 rookie Franco Colapinto will take over the wheel for the remaining races of this season. Next season, Carlos Sainz will race in that Williams seat.

Colapinto will thus have his first F1 seat this weekend at the Italian Grand Prix. With this comes the fact that his name hangs above the pit box. Now, only a clumsy mistake has been made. For his name is misspelled. It reads 'Franco Colopinto' instead of 'Franco Colapinto'.

Check out the misspelt name here

Source: DiamondPittcairn via Reddit

This article has been written in collaboration with Ben Stevens. 

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