Colapinto's Career Best Leads Alpine's 12-Point Canada Haul
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Colapinto's Career Best Leads Alpine's 12-Point Canada Haul

26 May 2026 2 min readBy F1 Drive (AI-assisted)

Franco Colapinto's career-best sixth and Pierre Gasly's eighth handed Alpine a 12-point haul in Canada, the team's best result of a difficult 2026 season.

Key Takeaways

  • 1."It's going to be important for Monaco, especially with all the traction that we have there." For a team accustomed to fighting at the back of the points this season, a double score crowned by a driver's career best is just the tonic.
  • 2."With a very good start we kept the position, and then at the end we just brought the car home in P6 and a lot of points for the team, Pierre in P8." The personal milestone was not lost on him.
  • 3."A very good weekend for the team as well, six and eight, so 12 points," he said.

While much of the Canadian Grand Prix dissolved into chaos and retirements, Alpine emerged grinning. Both cars came home in the points, Franco Colapinto a career-best sixth and Pierre Gasly eighth, for a 12-point return that stood as the team's finest day of the 2026 campaign.

For Colapinto, it was the standout result of his Formula 1 career to date, and the pride in a well-drilled team effort was obvious.

"Really proud. As a team we've done an amazing job to maximise everything out there," Colapinto said. "With a very good start we kept the position, and then at the end we just brought the car home in P6 and a lot of points for the team, Pierre in P8."

The personal milestone was not lost on him.

"Personally, my best ever finish," he said. "So, very, very happy and very proud of what we've done."

Gasly, who has shouldered much of Alpine's burden this year, cast his own race as gritty damage limitation after a troubled weekend, while recognising the value of the team's combined haul.

"I'm happy with what I'll call damage limitation," Gasly said. "The whole weekend, with all the struggles, I'll take these four points definitely."

He stressed how unusual such a day had become.

"A very good weekend for the team as well, six and eight, so 12 points," he said. "It's been a while since we scored that, so a lot of positives."

The reward came from a tidy, opportunistic drive on an afternoon that punished mistakes. As wet-weather gambles unravelled for others and reliability bit elsewhere, Alpine kept things clean, launched well and collected the positions on offer.

Gasly is already thinking about the next round.

"I'm looking forward to the next coming days, working with the team and digging a bit deeper into the limitations on my car," he said. "It's going to be important for Monaco, especially with all the traction that we have there."

For a team accustomed to fighting at the back of the points this season, a double score crowned by a driver's career best is just the tonic. Alpine will be desperate to make Montreal a springboard rather than a fluke.