Alpine again! Subsequent penalty shakes up the GP standings

Deja vu for the French Alpine team! Just like in Monaco, a time penalty for an Alpine driver upsets the race classification and also the world championship points list. Because Franco Colapinto was handed a ten-second penalty after the race, the Argentinian slipped down two positions in the race results. Colapinto is now only tenth instead of eighth. For the two Racing Bulls drivers Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad, this means that they each move up one position: Lawson is now eighth, Lindblad ninth. This time, there will be no points scorer. Gabriel Bortoleto remains eleventh and therefore without points.

Penalty confusion around Alpine a week ago

In Monaco and in the days that followed, there had already been confusion about Alpine's time penalties: Pierre Gasly had crossed the finish line in third place in the Principality. However, because he had not served two time penalties of five seconds each in the race, they were added to his race time - meaning the Frenchman slipped off the podium. His compatriot Isack Hadjar (Red Bull Racing) celebrated a podium finish in Monaco. But Alpine lodged a protest - and won. An Alpine penalty changed the race result in Monaco twice. As things stand now.

Gasly was penalised five seconds twice in Monaco for allegedly speeding in the pit lane. The same happened to four other drivers (Hamilton, Russell, Colapinto and Piastri), who served their penalties during the race. It later transpired during the investigation that the Formula One management had measured incorrectly and that the drivers had not actually exceeded 60 km/h. Gasly's penalties were subsequently deducted and he moved back onto the podium, meaning he is now third instead of seventh. The drivers in between moved back, although some of them had also been wrongly penalised. There were protests.

Red Bull Racing and McLaren had announced that they would contest the decision in favour of Gasly. The necessary declaration of intent was submitted within the 60-minute time limit. It is not yet known whether they will actually take action against the FIA's rule makers. They have four days from the declaration of intent (Friday 12 June) to do so.

Now in Barcelona a deja-vu for fans and team: Alpine with a penalty. This time the 10-second penalty was handed out after the race because Colapinto was heard before he was penalised. Colapinto had not taken his foot off the accelerator sufficiently under a single yellow flag. As a result, he received ten seconds added to his race time and a penalty point. He now has two points in the last twelve months. There are no known protests this time.