Return in disgrace for Pierre Gasly

We imagined that the Top 5 won in Azerbaijan would definitively launch the season of gasly. It would seem that the Norman's performance in Baku was more of an exploit than a new deal. In Montreal, for the sixth time in 2022, Pierre left empty-handed, already as many as in the entire previous year. “We will have to quickly analyze our entire weekend, confided Pierre Gasly in the mixed zone. It was very complicated today in these conditions. What happened ? We are much too slow. We struggled with the grip, we slipped a lot in these conditions, in short, we just didn't have enough speed to fight for points. » The observation is implacable.

And yet, the 6^e place in EL2 and 2^e place in EL3 augured a nice weekend for Pierre Gasly. But everything came down to details. The Frenchman was in fact eliminated from Q1 on Saturday, victim of a brake problem and an ill-advised tire change. “From so far away (16^e), we thought we had to try a different strategy, so we decided to pit very early (from 6^e round. Editor’s note), but it didn't make a big difference. » Coupled with the abandonment of Yuki tsunoda, who made a mistake in turn 2 with 18 laps to go, the 14^e Gasly's final place is difficult to take for Alpha Tauri. “This result above all means that we have lost ground on the other teams in the middle of the pack”, lamented Jody Egginton, the technical director. Despite the disappointment, Pierre Gasly will have to become one with his team, with whom he has a good chance of staying in 2023. “He will be with us 100% in 2023, insisted Franz Tost, a bit annoyed. For what ? Because he has a contract! » The Faenza team will in any case be able to count on the experience of the Habs to turn the tide. It urges !

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