For almost a decade, my mom and I have kept one tradition. Wherever Formula 1 races that weekend, that is where dinner comes from. Melbourne sends us to the Australian coast. Suzuka brings Japan into our kitchen. Monza means Italy, and a very long lunch.

What began as a way to watch together became the best part of our week. A country we have never visited. An ingredient we have never bought. An hour side by side at the stove before the lights go out. Somewhere between the first course and the checkered flag, it stopped being dinner and became ours.

For years we joked that it should be a cookbook. Now we are writing it, together, one race at a time.

Podium Plates is more than a book to us. It is a reason to keep building something side by side, to keep learning the places we have only seen on a screen, and to follow this sport a little closer with every season. Support it, and you are not only backing a cookbook. You are pulling up a chair at our table, and coming along for whatever comes next.

Franco Colapinto

Argentine Formula One driver

Argentina Returns to the Grid

Franco Colapinto became the first Argentine Formula One driver since 2001 when he debuted for Williams in 2024, and now races for Alpine.

Born in Pilar, Franco Colapinto won the Spanish F4 Championship in 2019 and moved through sports cars, Formula 3 and Formula 2. Williams called him up to replace Logan Sargeant from the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, making him the first Argentine in Formula One since 2001, and he scored points with eighth in Azerbaijan.

He joined Alpine as a reserve for 2025 and was promoted to a race seat after six rounds. In 2026, with Mercedes power, he has scored points regularly, including sixth at the Canadian Grand Prix, his best result so far. Through the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix he has made 41 starts.

0 world titles, 0 wins, 0 pole positions, 41 starts.

Every Grand Prix has a flavor.

Start with a name, a place or a year.

My mom and I.

Wherever the race goes, dinner goes too.

A World, A Menu, A Race Weekend.

Five things, every round.

Discover the destination

Choose one dish

Share the table

Watch the race

Repeat next round

The Founders Edition

Round one, Melbourne.

Pan seared barramundi

Explore it with us.

Researched where it comes from

Written for any kitchen

Every fact traced to a source

Independent and unofficial

Pull up a chair with us.

Buy the cookbook

Join The Podium Table

Support our journey

Before you pull up a chair.

Your next race weekend starts at the table.

Franco Colapinto

Argentina Returns to the Grid

Teams

Victories

Every Grand Prix has a flavor.

Start with a name, a place or a year.

My mom and I.

Wherever the race goes, dinner goes too.

A World, A Menu, A Race Weekend.

Five things, every round.

Discover the destination

Choose one dish

Share the table

Watch the race

Repeat next round

The Founders Edition

Round one, Melbourne.

Pan seared barramundi

Explore it with us.

Researched where it comes from

Written for any kitchen

Every fact traced to a source

Independent and unofficial

Pull up a chair with us.

Buy the cookbook

Join The Podium Table

Support our journey

Before you pull up a chair.

Every Grand Prix, in your inbox.

Your next race weekend starts at the table.

Argentina Returns to the Grid

Teams

Victories