On a weekend of Qatar GP characterized by the exceptional results obtained at the end of free practice and qualifying, theAlphaTauri she seemed ready to complete the job even with the race. Thanks to the penalties inflicted on Verstappen and Bottas, Pierre Gasly had also gained the second position on the starting grid, counting at the same time on the placement of Yuki Tsunoda in the top ten. Instead, the outcome of the Losail race completely subverted the expectations of the eve, with both drivers of the Faenza team even excluded from the points. In addition to this disappointing result, the Italian manufacturer also lost the fifth place in the constructors’ standings, thanks to the podium obtained by Alonso and the fifth position of Ocon which allowed the Alpine to earn this placement, thus breaking away from the situation of perfect parity in force. before the appointment in Qatar.
Despite starting from the front row, Gasly has therefore concluded the third last round of the world championship at11th place final, commenting on the outcome of the weekend as follows: “It’s a day really frustrating – He admitted – both Yuki and I started in the top 10, but we definitely went back during the race. I gave everything with the car, but we were too slow. Even at the beginning I wasn’t able to stay with Alonso, so we tried to go towards an aggressive two-stop strategy, but the pace wasn’t there. It didn’t work, which is really disappointing. After the accident on Saturday we changed some parts on the car, I don’t know if this could have affected our race pace, but we will have to review everything, because I can’t explain it at the moment ”.
Worse still went to Yuki Tsunoda, 13th at the finish despite the good result obtained the day before in qualifying: “It was a particularly tough race – he has declared – I struggled a lot with the soft tire, especially in the first stint. We didn’t expect it, because overall this week we had a good pace, but it dropped in the race, so we have to look at the data and understand why it happened. It’s a real shame, because Alpine had a very good race, so we need a strong comeback in the last two races ”.
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