Less than three months after Franco Colapinto was called up to Formula 1 by Williams mid-season, the 21-year-old's life has turned on its head. The Argentinian driver has amassed more than four million Instagram followers and is a bonafide sporting sensation in South America. It's the kind of fame usually reserved for the likes of Lionel Messi — and Colapinto is finally adjusting to it.
"Well, it's a very strange thing," he said of his newfound celebrity while speaking to Motorsport at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. "I deleted Twitter [X]," he went on. "I think it's very toxic. And whatever you do, it has a very big impact. They [the fans] take news from from every little thing that you are doing. So that's something you have to understand, but it's part of the job."
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