Overview

• Franco Colapinto finished 11th at Zandvoort, just 0.448 seconds shy of the points, in his best result since joining Alpine and ahead of teammate Pierre Gasly in 17th.
• Alpine’s post-race report praised Colapinto’s three-stop pace and conceded that Gasly’s strategy call did not work, while Gasly said staying out on hard tyres was risky and ultimately unsuccessful.
• The FIA is reviewing contact between George Russell and Charles Leclerc and a late move by Yuki Tsunoda on Gasly, with potential penalties that could promote Colapinto to 10th.
• Alpine issued social-media guidelines urging respectful interactions, discouraging offensive or harassing language, and advising fans to protect privacy and report inappropriate content.
• Team radio instructed a late race position swap at Turn 1 after the Safety Car, which Gasly executed a lap later, limiting Colapinto’s chance to catch Esteban Ocon for the final point, with the next race set for Monza on September 7.