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Lionel Scaloni attends Italian Grand Prix to cheer on Franco Colapinto

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni attended the Italian Grand Prix at Imola with his 14-year-old son, Ian, to support Franco Colapinto.
  • Scaloni said Colapinto had brought luck to Lautaro Martínez, who scored twice for Inter, and joked that the luck might now work in reverse.
  • He said he attended mainly because his son is passionate about Formula 1, while describing the sport as a longstanding personal interest.

Lionel Scaloni went to Imola with his eldest son, Ian, to cheer on Franco Colapinto at the Italian Grand Prix. The Argentina coach was also carrying a playful theory about luck.

Franco gave Lautaro luck, so hopefully it works the other way around now.

· Lionel ScaloniScaloni joked about Colapinto’s support for Lautaro Martínez before the Italian Grand Prix.

A day earlier, Scaloni had watched Lautaro Martínez score twice for Inter in its comeback against Napoli in Serie A. Colapinto and Martínez had spent time together at Inter’s training session before the Formula 1 weekend, and Scaloni hoped the good fortune would now switch direction as Colapinto started seventh on the grid.

“Franco gave Lautaro luck, so hopefully it works the other way around now,” Scaloni told ESPN. He said Imola must be one of the most beautiful circuits for a driver to achieve a strong result.

I come more for my son than for myself, because he is passionate about Formula 1.

· Lionel ScaloniScaloni explained why he attended the race with his eldest son.

Scaloni explained that he came mainly for Ian, 14, who is passionate about Formula 1. He said the family had visited the Mercedes garage and looked at the cars up close. The experience left him impressed by how much the sport had changed since he watched it as a child.

We had that stressful month and a half with the World Cup, and now another international window is coming, but we are enjoying ourselves.

· Lionel ScaloniHe described the family’s break between demanding football commitments.

“We had that stressful month and a half with the World Cup, and now another international window is coming, but we are enjoying ourselves,” Scaloni said. He added that he and his son try to visit the Formula 1 world whenever they can, a sport he has loved for a long time.

It seems spectacular to me how much it has changed since I used to go when I was younger.

· Lionel ScaloniScaloni reflected on seeing Formula 1 cars and the sport’s development.
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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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