Key Highlights: Alpine drivers Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly were stripped of their P8 and P10 finishes at the Mexico City Grand Prix due to post-race yellow flag penalties. Stewards issued Colapinto a 10-second penalty and one penalty point, while Gasly received a severe stop-and-go conversion penalty and two penalty points. The ruling reshuffled the ...
Key Highlights: Alpine issued an official statement backing driver Franco Colapinto following on-air remarks made by Jeremy Clarkson during the United States Grand Prix. Clarkson joked on Sky Sports F1 that Colapinto had received a grid penalty “for being Argentinian,” pointing back to his contentious 2014 Top Gear filming trip to Patagonia. Colapinto’s actual penalty ...
Key Highlights Franco Colapinto remains in Alpine’s Formula 1 line-up after his Azerbaijan Grand Prix crash involving Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris. Colapinto travelled directly from Baku to Alpine’s UK factory and entered the simulator ahead of the next race in Malaysia. Data analysis indicated that a small braking error caused the lock-up, although the ...
Key Highlights: Marc Priestley called Franco Colapinto’s Turn 1 collision at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix “outrageous.” The crash eliminated both Alpine cars and Lando Norris during a safety car restart in Baku. Priestley said Norris’s call for a race ban was excessive, while Colapinto received a five-place grid penalty for the next race. Marc Priestley ...
Key Highlights Pierre Gasly qualified seventh for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix but believes yellow flags on his final runs cost Alpine a potential top-six start and a shot at overtaking Lewis Hamilton. Teammate Franco Colapinto reached Q3 for the third time in 2026 but settled for tenth after a heavy lock-up at Turn 15 ruined ...
Franco Colapinto credited a detailed review of Pierre Gasly’s Monza qualifying masterclass for his own breakthrough performance at the Spanish Grand Prix, where the Alpine driver reached Q3 and converted a strong Saturday into a points-scoring seventh-place finish on Sunday. Monza Disparity Sparks Data Deep Dive The turning point arrived at the Italian Grand Prix. ...
Paul Aron to drive for Alpine in Italian Grand Prix FP1 at Monza Alpine reserve driver Paul Aron will return to the Formula 1 track…