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Alpine Fined €5,000 Over Tyre Logging Error as Colapinto Keeps P15 in Las Vegas

Stewards cited a missed electronic submission required for wet-session tyre returns.

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El Alpine de Franco Colapinto en el aire, con las gomas de lluvia extrema. La FIA lo investigó por las intermedias que usó una vuelta.

Overview

  • FIA stewards opened a post-qualifying investigation into car 43 under Articles 30.5(g) and 30.4(a).
  • FP3 was declared wet, triggering a rule that one intermediate set must be returned and logged via the FIA Race Team Client within two hours.
  • Alpine showed the intermediate tyres were physically returned on time but acknowledged failing to complete the electronic registration.
  • Officials confirmed the FP3 intermediate set was not reused in Q1, so no grid penalty was applied.
  • The €5,000 penalty was imposed as a standard administrative fine with no change to Colapinto’s 15th-place starting position.