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Alpine racer Franco Colapinto shared a sweet message to American pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after they announced their engagement on social media. The couple had been dating for the last two years, after being linked in 2023 for the first time, which made headlines around the globe.
The 35-year-old singer began attending his matches in the USA to extend her support and was even present during the celebrations when the Chiefs won the Super Bowl last year.
Kelce and Swift shared the news of their engagement last week in a post through Instagram, which has gone viral with over 40 million likes so far. In a pre-race interview at the Dutch Grand Prix, Franco Colapinto shared his warm wishes to the couple and even shared an invitation to attend a race after their wedding, saying:
"I love Taylor, and I love Travis too. It's great that they're getting married; they're a great couple, and I hope they come to a race after the wedding, so we can have them enjoy F1 too."
Travis Kelce is also a part-owner of the Alpine team after he and a group of celebrities, like Ran Reynolds, teammate Patrick Mahomes, etc, invested in the French team in 2023 through a consortium.
On the track, Colapinto had a positive first day after the summer break, as he finished in the Top in the FP2 session in Zandvoort on Friday.
Franco Colapinto analyzes his Friday Practice in Zandvoort
Alpine racer Franco Colapinto said that he had a "decent day" as he managed to finish at P18 and P9 in the FP1 and FP2, respectively and seemed quite comfortable in the A525 during the Grand Prix on Friday.
As per F1.com, the Argentine opened up on his performance and feeling inside the car and said:
“It was a decent day, where we've made good steps with the car. It felt good over one lap and, on high fuel, it was fairly consistent. We keep trying new things, which is bringing some improvements, so I think we can be happy with our Practice day here in Zandvoort. We had some compromised laps with traffic and also with some stoppages with red flags across both sessions.
"We will keep building it up and aim to go into Qualifying tomorrow with a decent car balance. We do need to work on finding some consistency on low fuel on the Soft compound and understand how to make the car feel more predictable. The usual work will happen tonight, and I think we can have a good day tomorrow in Qualifying.”
Franco Colapinto has yet to qualify inside the Top 10 and reach Q3 ever since taking the seat at the French team in Imola, and largely struggled behind his teammate, Pierre Gasly.
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