Franco Colapinto given further Bahrain GP grid penalty
Franco Colapinto will take an additional grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix after Alpine fitted a new Mercedes V6 engine. He was already due to serve a five-place drop carried over from Baku, and reports said the total penalty reached 30 places.
Multiple outlets reported that Alpine driver Franco Colapinto has been given an extra grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia after taking a new Mercedes V6 engine. Autosport and Motorsport.com both said the additional sanction came on top of an existing penalty already on his record for Sepang.
Colapinto had already been set for a five-place grid drop carried over from the previous weekend. That punishment was linked to causing a collision involving Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris in Baku.
PlanetF1 reported that the stewards confirmed a 30-place grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Taken together, the reports indicate Colapinto faces a further demotion on the grid in addition to the penalty he was already due to serve.
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