“At the beginning, he’s worthy of being a Components 1 driver, so we’ll do what we have now to – to a sure extent – to make it work in that regard,” the Staff Principal stated. “I’m unsure the place Sauber are of their determination making and I’m unsure the place VCARB are of their determination making.
“What I do know is that this – take the final 12 months and inform me that you simply managed to foretell something of what’s going to occur, as a result of I didn’t.
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“And the purpose to that’s I believe Franco is, if he isn’t straight in a seat in 2025, the best choice that’s accessible to everybody up and down the sector – ourselves included, [given that] you may’t predict what’s going to occur – so our accountability in the direction of him is ensuring we’re doing testing in a historic automobile, ensuring that he’s right here working with us, that we hold him as greatest positioned as we probably can such that, if alternative arises, he can take it.”
And on whether or not he would be certain that Colapinto retained a hyperlink to Williams even when driving for one more group, Vowles added: “All of it relies on no matter deal you may strike, wherever he goes. That’s not essentially a sure, you might want to see what individuals are providing and what circumstances they’re providing.
“What’s actually vital to me is that I trusted him and in return he’s trusted me, and which means an enormous quantity to us as an organisation, so now discovering the best way ahead for him to be an expert racing driver in Components 1 is vital – I simply can’t inform you what it seems to be like as a result of every group is totally different in how they discuss.”