Pierre Gasly out of the points during the Sprint at Silverstone: "We are too slow"

Despite a good start, Pierre Gasly ultimately slipped out of the points during the Sprint of the 2026 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

This is not a good start to the weekend for Pierre Gasly at Silverstone. Having missed out on SQ3 during Sprint qualifying, the Frenchman nevertheless made a good start on Saturday early afternoon. The Norman driver even climbed to eighth place for a time, ahead of the two Racing Bulls which had been his stated objective before the start.

The remaining 17 laps, however, were a real ordeal for the Frenchman, who slipped to 11th place. Far from a disgrace, but still a considerable distance from the eighth-place finish. Worse still, Liam Lawson. managed to secure this last point at stake, which allows Faenza to close the gap to 12 points behind the team ofenstone in the Constructors' Championship before this Sunday's Grand Prix.

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« We are too slow, Pierre Gasly blurted out to Canal+ microphones. We need to find a way to be faster. Right now, we don't have the speed to compete with them. It's a shame because I had a great start, but we're just too slow. They passed us, then they left us in the dust. We'll have to find more performance. »

Will the French team be able to find one before qualifying this Saturday at 17pm (Paris time)? Find out in our live text commentary on AUTOhebdo.fr.