Alpine had a strong Sunday at the 2026 F1 Barcelona-Catalunya GP with Franco Colapinto and teammate Pierre Gasly finishing P8 and P7 respectively. However, the Argentinian dropped to P10 after being handed a 10-second penalty for a yellow flag infringement. Despite the penalty, he still finished within the points. A strong recovery drive for Alpine…
Pierre Gasly was pleasantly surprised to walk away with points after the 2026 F1 Barcelona-Catalunya GP. The Alpine driver was not happy after qualifying, but managed to steer his Mercedes-powered A526 to a solid P7, at that time one place ahead of his team mate. Gasly happy about big points haul Starting 14th, Gasly had…
Franco Colapinto endured a chaotic 2026 F1 Monaco GP, with the Argentine involved in several key moments as the race unravelled late on. After starting from the lower end of the field, Colapinto was part of the early train behind Sergio Pérez as teams tried to use strategy to make up ground. His race became…
While Carlos Sainz slammed Nico Hülkenberg for colliding into him at the race restart, the German shared his own perspective of the incident and the penalty he received after both F1 drivers had finished outside the points at the 2026 Monaco GP on Sunday. As the session resumed under the Safety Car in the aftermath…
During a print media session at the 2026 F1 Monaco GP, Franco Colapinto discussed how his season has compared to last year. After Colapinto joined Alpine in the 7th race of the 2025 season, he was unable to score a point. This year, Colapinto has already scored 15 points just 5 races in. Franco Colapinto…
Alpine pair of Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto expect the 2026 F1 cars to be tricky and challenging at the Monaco GP. The low-grip conditions in Canada caught out almost everyone as the cars slid around in corners. It was challenging for drivers to not go over the white line in the new generation of…
Franco Colapinto finished sixth at the 2026 Canadian GP, marking his best F1 result so far — and the Argentine explained just how special the achievement was, given he had “no free practice” after a throttle issue during Friday’s sole practice session prevented him from completing a single lap of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve before…
Franco Colapinto had another strong qualifying session at the 2026 F1 Canadian GP. With back-to-back Q3 appearances, Colapinto managed to qualify P10. After a rocky start into the weekend, the young Argentinian out-qualified teammate Pierre Gasly for the second time. Colapinto confident for the 2026 F1 Canadian GP Franco Colapinto showed a strong form at…
Heading into the Canadian GP this weekend, Franco Colapinto has opened up about what had enabled Alpine to take a step forward in Miami, his expectations for Montreal, how having a full-time seat has impacted his performance so far, and why he is looking forward to the rest of the 2026 F1 season. Following a…
Alpine enters the 2026 F1 Canadian GP with newfound confidence following their weekend in Miami. Like many teams on the grid, they had brought its first major upgrade package to the Miami International Autodrome. Alpine’s Pierre Gasly faced an early end to his 2026 F1 Miami GP weekend. However, his teammate Franco Colapinto was able…
