10-Second Penalty Drops Colapinto From P8 to P10

Franco Colapinto lost his eighth-place finish at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix after stewards handed him a 10-second post-race penalty for failing to slow sufficiently under yellow flags. Officials said the Alpine driver should have responded more appropriately to the lap-40 incident involving Fernando Alonso’s stranded Aston Martin, and they reviewed marshalling data, video, telemetry, team radio and in-car footage before making the call. Colapinto also received one penalty point, taking his total to two over the previous 12 months.

The penalty dropped Colapinto to 10th in the final classification and cost Alpine three points. Racing Bulls drivers Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad moved ahead of him, with Lawson promoted to eighth and Lindblad to ninth. Lawson gained two extra points from the revised result, extending his points-scoring streak to three straight races, the first such run of his F1 career. Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly finished seventh.

Colapinto said Alpine’s race pace looked promising despite the setback, contrasting that with the team’s difficult practice and qualifying sessions. He left Round 7 with one championship point, and the result was his fourth top-10 Grand Prix finish of the season.