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Tough Mexico Race Shatters Alpine’s Colapinto and Gasly Hopes
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Highlights
- Alpine finished 15th and 16th at 2025 Mexico City Grand Prix
- Colapinto struggled with hard tyre pace during the race
- Gasly remained point-less in last seven Grands Prix
- Alpine is last in Constructors’ Championship, 40 points behind rivals
- Team hopes to improve performance at Brazil Grand Prix
- Mexican GP’s high altitude posed challenges for tyre and engine
Alpine endures another bruising Mexico City weekend, with Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly finishing 15th and 16th. The Enstone team’s pace deficit remains stark late in the 2025 season.
Colapinto reports limited tools to influence the outcome, citing poor hard-tyre performance. An extended stint on the hard costs time and track position at altitude.
The Argentine’s closing soft-tyre run brings cleaner laps and better grip. The improved pace arrives too late to unlock positions in a compressed midfield.
Gasly’s barren spell extends to seven consecutive races without points. He expresses frustration yet maintains that Brazil could better suit the package.
“Not a lot of things we can do,” Colapinto says after a prolonged, uncompetitive hard-tyre stint.
Alpine sits last in the Constructors’ standings, 40 points behind Kick Sauber with four rounds left. Overhauling that gap requires a notable step, not incremental gains.
Gasly estimates roughly 15 seconds left on the table through setup or strategy refinement. The team plans a full review to tighten execution and tyre management.
Alpine trails Kick Sauber by 40 points with four races remaining.
Mexico City’s thin air stresses cooling packages and power-unit efficiency. Tyre warm-up and wear prove tricky; Alpine suffers most on the hard compound across long runs.
Track position is decisive as overtaking remains difficult in dirty air. Alpine cannot convert offset strategies into undercut threats or safety-car gains.
Gasly believes a cleaner setup could have delivered about 15 seconds of race time.
The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez again rewards teams with robust ride control and efficient aero. Alpine’s weaknesses in those areas make recovery drives improbable.
Brazil offers a reset. Interlagos rewards traction and ride, areas targeted in updates. Last season’s surprise double podium is a benchmark, not an expectation.
The priority now is dependable baseline pace across compounds. Without that, strategic nuance will not return Alpine to the points before the season ends.
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Visual Summary
Alpine stuck at the back again
Another tough outing: Colapinto P15, Gasly P16
Still zero points for Franco ⋅
Alpine bottom of Constructors’, -40 to Kick Sauber
Still zero points for Franco ⋅
Alpine bottom of Constructors’, -40 to Kick Sauber
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“Hard tyres, no grip…”
Next up: Brazil 🏁
Last year double podium — Can Alpine bounce back?
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Daniel Miller reports on Formula 1 Grand Prix weekends with race-day analysis, team-radio highlights, and point-standings updates. He explains power-unit upgrades, aerodynamic developments, and driver rivalries in straightforward, SEO-friendly language for a global F1 audience.
