Overview

• Managing director Steve Nielsen said pit-wall instructions are final and the breach will be addressed internally.
• Colapinto passed Gasly into Turn 1 on lap 54 of 56 after repeated messages to hold position while they ran 17th and 18th.
• Alpine explained that both cars were conserving fuel with race leader Max Verstappen closing, leaving doubt over whether they would need to complete the full distance.
• Colapinto said fresher tyres and pressure from Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto made it preferable for him to lead, and he stayed ahead of Bortoleto after the move.
• Gasly, hindered by an early switch to softs and a slow pit stop, declined to discuss the clash publicly as the team’s form remains weak and a similar late swap occurred in Baku.