Pierre Gasly on his clash with Zhou: “He just had to leave more room”

This Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix is ​​a complicated weekend for Pierre Gasly so far. Eliminated in Q1 during qualifying, the Frenchman had to battle at the back of the grid at the start of the first sprint race of the season. In these conditions, the Norman was not able to avoid an accident with Guanyu-Zhou.

“Honestly, I didn't have anywhere else to go, commented the Frenchman on Canal Plus after the sprint. I haven't seen the images which I'm not going to say more about for the moment, but he tried to go outside, to a place where it doesn't happen. Either way, it's done. The lesson is that you should not leave behind, because there is a much greater chance of finding yourself in this kind of situation. He just had to leave more room and we would both have passed. »

While the pilot Alfa Romeo abandoned, Pierre Gasly only finished in 17th place. In these conditions, the Habs plans to leave from the pit lane. “At the moment we don't have very good top speed. We relied on rainy conditions yesterday (Friday. Editor’s note). It was complicated to go back up. We'll see if it's better to start from the pits and try something with the rear wing to try to get back up. » Points seem a very distant goal for Alpha Tauri before this Sunday of racing.

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