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 new Alpine reserve driver as Max Verstappen’s F1 2025 team-mate. Colapinto arrived on the Formula 1 grid last year as an unknown,

Franco Colapinto's manager claims that Red Bull was interested in the Argentine driver for one of its teams. Eventually snapped up by Alpine as a test and reserve driver after failing to secure a race seat, the Argentine is understood to have been of interest to Red Bull.

Franco Colapinto’s manager has confirmed that the young Argentine, who made an impressive F1 debut with Williams in the second half of last year, was indeed on Red Bull’s radar for a potential seat with one of its teams for 2025.

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

Speaking to Infobae, Colapinto’s manager, Maria Catarineu, said: “Clearly Christian showed an interest in Franco, which could be on the Red Bull side as Max’s teammate or on the Red Bull second team side; and like others, because there have been more.

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.

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.