MEXICO CITY :Alpine's Argentine Formula One driver Franco Colapinto has accepted he must obey team orders after defying them in Austin last weekend.

The 22-year-old overtook teammate Pierre Gasly for 17th place in the U.S. Grand Prix despite being told by the team to stay behind the Frenchman. Gasly ended up 19th, behind Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto.

"The team situation on Sunday has been discussed internally and it is clear that instructions by the team must always be followed no matter what," Colapinto said in a team preview for Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix.

"We are all together, and we are all working towards the same goal to keep getting better with each session and each race weekend."

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