Alpine enters the summer break with sixty-one points from eleven rounds. Pierre Gasly has scored forty-two points, while Franco Colapinto has added nineteen. The team stands sixth after Racing Bulls moved six points ahead in Hungary.
Gasly’s third place in Monaco remains Alpine‘s best result. Colapinto achieved a career-best sixth place in Canada. Those finishes came during a stronger opening period before the team lost ground at recent races.
Alpine‘s only podium came in Monaco
Gasly started ninth in Monaco and moved forward during a race affected by safety cars and a red flag. He initially received two time penalties and crossed the line in seventh. Alpine requested a review after the weekend. The review succeeded, and Gasly returned to third place five days later. The revised result placed him behind winner Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton. It also restored fifteen points to Gasly and Alpine.
Monaco became Gasly’s first podium since 2024. It remains Alpine‘s largest single result this season. No other finish has placed either driver inside the leading five.
Canada brought both cars into the points
Colapinto finished sixth in Montreal and produced his best Formula 1 result. Gasly followed in eighth place. The combined score made Canada one of Alpine‘s most productive weekends. Alpine has recorded four races where both drivers scored points. That consistency supported fifth place during the early months. The team often showed stronger race pace than its position after qualifying.
Colapinto has finished ahead of Gasly in four races. Gasly leads the season comparison by seven races to four. The qualifying comparison is wider, with Gasly ahead by nine sessions to two.
Recent weekends reduced the advantage
Neither Alpine driver scored in Austria or Hungary. Colapinto collected one point with tenth place in Belgium, but he described the car as too slow. The team expected Hungary to suit the package better. Gasly finished twelfth at the Hungaroring, while Colapinto took fifteenth. Racing Bulls used the same weekend to move ahead in the standings. The six-point gap remains small compared with the points still available.
The decline followed a sequence of seven scoring rounds for Gasly. That run ended in Austria. Later circuits produced fewer points than Alpine collected during spring.
The two Alpine drivers earned points at different races
Gasly has reached the final qualifying session four times. Colapinto has appeared there twice. Both drivers recorded their strongest qualifying results during the first half of the calendar. Gasly has supplied most of the points and the team’s only podium. Colapinto’s Canada result shows that he can also earn important points when the car performs well. Their combined total is nearly three times Alpine‘s entire 2025 total. The numbers also show why sixth place remains unsettled. One race with both cars in the points can remove the current gap to Racing Bulls. Another weekend without points can make the difference much larger. Zandvoort starts the second half.
Alpine returns at the Dutch Grand Prix on 21 August. The Sprint format leaves one normal practice session before competitive running begins. Gasly and Colapinto receive one practice hour to assess the car. Zandvoort combines banked corners with several narrow sections. Track position is important, while wind changes the car’s behaviour through exposed turns.
The race offers points in both the Sprint and the Grand Prix. Alpine‘s first-half record contains gains over last season and a recent loss of momentum. Sixty-one points keep the team close to fifth place before racing resumes.
Alpine scored points at several races
Alpine‘s total does not depend only on the revised Monaco podium. Gasly and Colapinto also scored through lower points positions across the first eleven rounds. Canada was especially valuable because both cars finished inside the leading ten. Those repeated results helped Alpine stay close to the middle group even after two weaker weekends. The sixty-one points already represent an improvement from the previous campaign. Racing Bulls currently hold sixth place by six points, so both teams remain close. Later scores use the same championship system. Both cars remain important in the team contest. Constructors receive points from both nominated drivers at every Grand Prix. Gasly’s forty-two and Colapinto’s nineteen combine directly into Alpine‘s sixty-one. A strong result from either car changes the same team total. Double-points finishes create larger gains because two drivers contribute during one weekend, as they did in Canada.
Gasly and Colapinto return with the same shared objective: adding points to Alpine‘s constructors’ total. Alpine scored with both drivers during the Canadian weekend. That double finish remains the team’s strongest combined points return before the break. The gap to Racing Bulls is six points before racing resumes. Alpine therefore remains close to the next constructors’ position after eleven rounds.
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