Franco Colapinto and Arvid Lindblad will face grid penalties for this weekend’s Formula 1 race in Malaysia after their teams fitted power unit components beyond the permitted allocations. The report was published on Oct. 2, 2026, at 8:43 a.m. by Keith Collantine of RaceFans. Isack Hadjar was also named among the three drivers set to take penalties, although the source did not specify his penalty or the component change involved.

Colapinto’s Alpine has received a fifth internal combustion engine (ICE), exceeding the maximum allocation and triggering a 10-place drop. That penalty adds to the five-place penalty he received for colliding with Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris in Azerbaijan, leaving him due to move back 15 places in total.

Racing Bulls replaced the ICE, turbocharger and exhaust on Arvid Lindblad’s car this weekend. He has taken a fifth example of each component, resulting in a 30-place penalty. Under Formula 1 regulations, that total means he will be moved to the back of the grid.

Cadillac also fitted Valtteri Bottas’s car with a new ICE and turbocharger. Bottas remains within the maximum allocation for those components, so the changes carry no grid penalty.

The RaceFans report describes the event as this weekend’s race in Malaysia and includes related coverage referring to the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. Its listed articles include a report that Max Verstappen was quickest in the first session as drivers encountered “insane” tyre degradation, a preview noting Verstappen’s aim to avoid his first win-less season since his F1 debut, and six talking points about a new track for half the field. It also lists a guide to watching the race live.

Collantine, a lifelong motor sport fan, founded RaceFans in 2005, when the site was called F1 Fanatic. He had previously worked as a motoring journalist and began running the site full-time in 2010, pursuing his long-held ambition to focus on motor racing.

Based on reporting by RaceFans.