Colapinto laughs off Messi comparisons

MONZA: Rookie Franco Colapinto on Thursday brushed off talk of him being Formula One´s Lionel Messi as he prepares for his debut at the Italian Grand Prix.

Colapinto will become the first Argentine driver to compete in F1 in over two decades this weekend in Monza after replacing struggling Logan Sargeant for Williams. His appointment delighted fans of the sport back home, but asked whether he felt like football icon Messi before the last World Cup, Colapinto said such talk was “crazy”. “It´s very difficult to feel as Lionel Messi, I don´t know how it is to feel that,” Colapinto told reporters.