Piastri, Colapinto and Gasly lost their points finishes after post-race penalties in Mexico. Lawson climbed to seventh, Bortoleto and Hadjar moved into the top ten, and Hirakawa’s unexpected F1 debut ended with a point.
The Mexican Grand Prix finished with one points order. The final classification told a different story.
Post-race penalties dropped Oscar Piastri and both Alpine drivers, Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly, out of the top ten. Their losses promoted Liam Lawson to seventh, Gabriel Bortoleto to eighth and Isack Hadjar to ninth.
For Ryo Hirakawa, the changes delivered something particularly memorable: a championship point on his Formula 1 debut.
Max Verstappen’s victory remained intact, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and newly crowned world champion Kimi Antonelli. The top six were unchanged.
Piastri loses seventh after Lindblad collision
Piastri crossed the line seventh but received a 10-second penalty for causing his collision with Arvid Lindblad at the entry to Turn 2.
The stewards found that Piastri had attempted to pass around the outside approaching Turn 1 without getting fully alongside. They concluded that Lindblad had left room and that Piastri could have avoided the contact by moving farther left after the first corner, even if that meant briefly leaving the track before Turn 2.
The penalty put Piastri 13th in the final classification, costing McLaren the six points he had initially appeared to earn.
Some earlier reports showed different finishing positions as the decisions arrived. Once all three penalties were applied, his confirmed result was 13th.
Alpine loses both points finishes
Colapinto finished eighth on the road, with Gasly tenth. Neither kept his points.
Colapinto received a 10-second penalty for failing to reduce his speed sufficiently through a single-yellow-flag sector. The stewards reviewed the team’s evidence but were not satisfied that he had slowed enough.
They did not find a breach in the preceding double-yellow sector, citing doubt over whether he had received sufficient warning to comply.
Colapinto dropped to 15th and received one penalty point on his license, taking his total to five over the applicable 12-month period.
Gasly’s infringement involved double-waved yellow flags. The stewards found that his reduction in speed was insufficient and imposed a stop-and-go penalty after the race. That became a 30-second addition to his finishing time.
He fell to 17th and received two penalty points, bringing his total to two.
Alpine’s apparent five-point afternoon became a scoreless one.
Hirakawa’s debut ends with a point
Hirakawa had finished 13th after stepping in for Esteban Ocon at Haas. The three penalties moved him into tenth, securing his first Formula 1 point at his first attempt.
It also gave Haas something to take from a race in which Oliver Bearman retired.
Lawson’s recovery from a pit-lane start was rewarded with seventh and six points. Bortoleto gained four points for eighth before heading to his home race in Brazil, while Hadjar took two for ninth.
The final points finishers were:
Max Verstappen — 25 points
Lewis Hamilton — 18 points
Kimi Antonelli — 15 points
Charles Leclerc — 12 points
Lando Norris — 10 points
George Russell — 8 points
Liam Lawson — 6 points
Gabriel Bortoleto — 4 points
Isack Hadjar — 2 points
Ryo Hirakawa — 1 point
Mercedes fined over Russell’s missed media duties
There was a separate post-race sanction for Mercedes.
The team received a €5,000 fine after Russell left the circuit without attending his mandatory post-race media commitments. He also did not attend the stewards’ hearing, with a team representative providing evidence by telephone.
That fine did not affect Russell’s sixth place or his eight points.
Mexico’s podium and championship celebration stayed exactly as they were. Farther down the order, however, the final decisions changed the reward for seven drivers, including a debutant who left with a point he had not held at the checkered flag.
