Overview
- Alpine’s Franco Colapinto led a street festival in Buenos Aires over the weekend, with organizers estimating about 600,000 people along a 2km route in Palermo on Avenida del Libertador and Avenida Sarmiento.
- He drove a 2012 Lotus E20 in Alpine colors and a replica Mercedes W196 linked to Juan Manuel Fangio, treating fans to high‑rev runs and donuts.
- Colapinto urged Formula 1 to return to Argentina, saying the turnout proved the country deserves a race after the last grand prix in 1998.
- Attention has turned to the Oscar y Juan Galvez Autodrome, which is being upgraded to host MotoGP from 2027 and is cited as the likely site for any future F1 bid, with no race yet agreed.
- The city‑supported Mercado Libre road show added music acts and an Argentine Air Force fly‑by, signaling broad enthusiasm even as teams and the FIA have recently addressed concerns about fan conduct.