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Alpine Drivers Apologize After Costing Team Eight Point Haul

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Alpine drivers Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly have taken center stage in apologizing for losing their team a double-points finish in the Mexican GP. Both…

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Colapinto, penalized with 10 seconds, loses eighth and goes down to 15; Bortoleto is ninth

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Franco Colapinto made a strong self-criticism after receiving a 10-second penalty that modified his result in the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix. The Argentine driver had finished eighth on the track, but the penalty for not sufficiently reducing speed before a yellow flag made him fall into the final standings and run out of the points he had achieved. After what happened, the Argentine expressed his frustration and took responsibility for the inf…

The Argentine driver had finished eighth and then climbed to seventh place after a penalty to Oscar Piastri. However, he received a surcharge of 10 seconds for not respecting a yellow flag and fell to the post 15. Franco Colapinto went from celebrating a good harvest of points to staying empty hands in [...]

The commissioners determined that the Argentine pilot did not slow down enough under the yellow flag and punished him with 10 seconds plus a point in the superlicense. Thus, Alpine was left without the points he had achieved with him and Pierre Gasly.

The Argentine driver had finished eighth, but received a penalty for not slowing down during the yellow flag and moved to 15th place. Gasly was also sanctioned and Alpine was left without points. Read more

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Terra broke the news on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
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