FIA Post-Race Penalties Drop Colapinto to 15th and Remove Alpine’s Points

Overview

• Race stewards first handed Oscar Piastri a 10-second penalty for contact with Arvid Lindblad, a sanction that briefly moved Franco Colapinto up to seventh on the final classification.
• Hours after the race the FIA issued decision no. 85 and added 10 seconds to Colapinto’s time for failing to slow sufficiently in a sector with a single yellow flag, which dropped him from seventh to 15th and removed his championship points.
• Pierre Gasly received a stop-and-go penalty converted to a 30-second time addition and two superlicence points, and Colapinto was given one superlicence point, bringing his total to five within 12 months.
• The stewards reached their rulings after reviewing positioning data, timing, on-board video, radio, and telemetry; Alpine and Colapinto submitted telemetry and photos but the panel judged the speed reduction in the cited sector to be insufficient.
• The penalties illustrate how post-race stewarding under Article B1.8.4a can change official results and team standings because time additions and converted in-race sanctions affect final classifications and driver licence records.