Alex Albon received a five-second penalty and two penalty points in Brazil

In addition to his time penalty received in the race, the FIA stewards have also added two penalty points to the Super Licence of Alex Albon.

The Williams driver was adjudged to have re-joined the Interlagos circuit in an unsafe manner in front of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly.

Alex Albon receives penalty points after FIA punishment

Albon received a five-second penalty after leaving the track at Turn 2 and re-joining at T3 ahead of Gasly, in an unsafe manner, according to the FIA stewards.

“The stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video and in-car video evidence and determined that Car 23 left the track at Turn 2 and rejoined at Turn 3 in front of Car 10, which was forced to brake,” their explanation began.

“Cars on track should not be forced to slow down to accommodate a car rejoining the track. We accordingly imposed a five-second time penalty per the applicable guidelines.”

But further to that sanction, Albon also received two penalty points. That takes him up to three in total for the 12-month period.

Reacting to the incident after the race, Gasly expanded on the avoiding action which he had to take.

“He lost it, went off the track,” the Alpine driver began, in reference to Albon. “You are supposed to come back quite safely on track, and as I was arriving, he just closed the door trying to keep his position.

“So I had to slam the brake in Turn 3, which was a high-speed corner, so not great.

“But it’s one of these situations in these tricky conditions.”

As for Albon, he was unsure what else was expected of him in the tricky conditions. The track dried after pre-race rain, but drivers returned to intermediates in the latter stages as rain resumed and intensified.

“I don’t know what to do there because there’s only a dry line, and if I try to accelerate into the wet bit of the track, I’ll only spin,” Albon reasoned.

“So I tried to just slot in. We’re racing for points. We have to do everything we can to try to score points.

“Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be.”

Latest Brazilian Grand Prix reaction on PlanetF1.com

Williams’ run of races without a point grew to five after the Brazilian Grand Prix. The Grove squad sits ninth in the F1 2026 Constructors’ Championship standings, five points ahead of Aston Martin.

The Constructors’ title was wrapped-up by Williams’ power unit supplier Mercedes in Sao Paulo, ending the Silver Arrows’ wait for further teams’ success. It last won that championship in 2021.

As for Gasly and Alpine, it is now back-to-back point-less races, as Racing Bulls further strengthens its grip on fifth.

The gap is now 45 points between those teams with a maximum of three rounds remaining. As it stands, a final triple-header of Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi will bring F1 2026 to its conclusion.