That is a brutal way to lose a race result. Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly have both been stripped of their top-10 finishes at the Mexico City Grand Prix following post-race penalties handed down by the stewards.
Initially, Alpine looked to have pulled off a clean double points finish at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Gasly had outqualified his teammate, but Colapinto charged through from P11 to P7 over the opening laps of the 71-lap affair. Unfortunately, both machines were hauled before the stewards after the checkered flag for separate yellow flag infringements.
Colapinto was hit with a 10-second time penalty and a penalty point for failing to slow sufficiently under a single yellow sector. The team and driver presented telemetry and photographic evidence to argue their case, but a detailed examination of the data and on-board camera failed to satisfy the stewards. Interestingly, the stewards cleared him regarding an earlier double yellow sector, citing sufficient doubt over whether he had enough warning.
Gasly faced a far harsher punishment for a more serious error in a double yellow flag sector. The Frenchman received a stop-and-go penalty and two penalty points. While Alpine claimed he had made a significant reduction in speed, the stewards compared his telemetry with other cars passing through the sector and concluded the small reduction was simply not enough.
The resulting shake-up completely alters the final classification. Following these decisions—and an additional penalty for Oscar Piastri for causing a collision—the final points scorers at the Mexico City Grand Prix are Liam Lawson in P7, Gabriel Bortoleto in P8, Red Bull's Isack Hadjar promoted to P9, and Haas newcomer Ryo Hirakawa stepping up to P10.
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