Colapinto's World Cup dig at England, eyeing an Argentina semi | OneFootball

Formula 1 is gearing up for another action-packed weekend with the British Grand Prix, and Franco Colapinto, Alpine’s Argentine driver, didn’t miss the chance to tease his British engineers after England’s nail-biting result in the World Cup.

“Yesterday they were losing 1-0 to Congo. Just imagine how many goals Messi is going to score on you if Congo got one…,” the young Argentine said in a video shared by the French team on its Instagram account.

In the same video, Colapinto also explained the meaning of each sticker on his mate thermos, and one of them refers to the Argentine national team’s World Cup titles. “One, two, three stars. How many does England have?” the driver from Pilar asked ironically.

“We’re waiting for the fourth. Well, in the semifinals we’re going to beat England,” the driver predicted. However, La Albiceleste still has a long road ahead before reaching that stage, beginning this Friday with the match against Cape Verde in the Round of 32 of the World Cup.

Colapinto sits 12th in the drivers’ championship with 16 points, earned thanks to his seventh- and sixth-place finishes (six and eight points) in the Miami and Canadian races, as well as single points in the Chinese and Barcelona Grands Prix.

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