The 2025 Formula 1 season has emerged as one where any team can be a points contender, but Alpine has been a clear backmarker of late.
Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly qualified 18th and 19th respectively at the Italian Grand Prix, then 16th and 19th in Azerbaijan, where both of them went off on their last flying lap; they gambled on potential race incidents to climb up the order on Sundays, but those failed to materialise. They finished 16th and 17th at Monza, propping up the order with 18th and 19th in Baku – where Colapinto was spun around by Alex Albon.
