Key Highlights Audi’s Nico Hulkenberg lost a potential points finish at Interlagos after receiving a 10-second penalty for leaving the track while passing Alpine’s Franco Colapinto. Audi racing director Allan McNish said the team considered the Turn 1 incident debatable because Colapinto had run wide and Hulkenberg had built a two-second gap before the situation ...
Key Highlights Pierre Gasly embraced the anticipated influx of passionate Argentine supporters backing team-mate Franco Colapinto at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Interlagos. Addressing past online toxicity directed at drivers and Alpine, Gasly dismissed any sense of pressure, jokingly citing his decade in Formula 1 working under Helmut Marko. Franco Colapinto noted recent improvements regarding ...
Key Highlights: Alpine drivers Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto received post-race penalties for yellow flag infringements, demoting both out of the top 10 at the Mexico Grand Prix. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was also penalized 10 seconds for an incident with Arvid Lindblad, causing a major reshuffle across the points-paying positions. Haas reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa ...
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 Academy junior Gabriele Mini will make his official Formula 1 weekend debut in Free Practice 1 at the Mexico Grand Prix, driving Franco Colapinto’s car. F1 teams are heavily utilizing the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez session to satisfy the mandatory quota of running rookie drivers in four practice sessions per season. Multiple changes ...
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: Jeremy Clarkson made a controversial joke regarding Williams driver Franco Colapinto’s grid penalty while appearing as an Alpine guest at the United States Grand Prix. The broadcaster recounted his long-running friction with Argentina dating back to the contentious 2014 Top Gear Patagonia special. Clarkson shared his candid thoughts on Martin Brundle’s celebrity grid ...
Key Highlights Arvid Lindblad, Franco Colapinto, and Gabriel Bortoleto have received grid penalties for the United States Grand Prix after taking on new power unit components. Gabriel Bortoleto faces a cumulative 20-place drop that will send him to the back of the grid, while Colapinto receives a 10-place penalty and Lindblad a five-place drop. Action ...
Key Highlights: Racing Bulls hold a 32-point lead over Alpine for fifth place in the World Championship with six rounds remaining following a dominant triple-header swing. Despite Alpine’s A526 showing strong single-lap qualifying pace, incidents and tyre limitations in Azerbaijan, Bahrain, and Singapore resulted in zero points across the stretch. Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto ...
Key Highlights: Franco Colapinto has urged Argentinian supporters to halt their toxic online behavior after persistent abuse targeted Formula 1 rivals, team colleagues, and officials. The plea comes after multiple incidents at the Zandvoort, Madrid, and Baku rounds prompted Alpine to repeatedly issue statements condemning online vitriol. Colapinto directly warned followers on social media that ...
Key Highlights: Pierre Gasly questioned stewarding consistency after Lando Norris avoided a penalty for clashing with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in the Singapore sprint. FIA stewards cleared Norris of wrongdoing, classifying the Turn 5 clash as a racing incident after finding both drivers contributed to the collision. The ruling drew comparisons to recent incidents in ...
Key Highlights: Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar has received a five-place grid penalty for introducing a new power unit element exceeding his restricted allocation. Franco Colapinto of Alpine faces a combined 15-place grid drop, stemming from a Baku collision penalty and a new internal combustion engine (V6) component. Racing Bulls driver Arvid Lindblad has been hit ...