Overview
- Colapinto was classified seventh at Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc received a post-race time penalty that moved him up from eighth.
- Flavio Briatore said he “had it right” to keep the 22-year-old in the seat after a weekend the F1 Power Rankings scored 9/10, second only to the winner.
- Alpine’s gains came from a new chassis and small aero and suspension updates plus faster, cleaner pit stops, lifting the team to fifth in the Constructors’ standings.
- Stewards reviewed Colapinto’s first-lap contact with Lewis Hamilton and found no foul, and cameras caught Hamilton showing his middle finger on track.
- Colapinto’s reach keeps climbing with a 600,000-person Buenos Aires road show, 5.6 million Instagram followers, and a Messi paddock visit, as Alpine prepares a revised rear wing for Canada on May 24.