Another difficult weekend for Pierre Gasly in Spain

With this 13th place, Pierre Gasly once again experienced a complicated Grand Prix and finished out of the points for the third consecutive round. A contact in the 1st round shattered all his chances in Spain.

Published on 22/05/2022 à 19:22

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Another difficult weekend for Pierre Gasly in Spain

Pierre Gasly had another difficult weekend finishing in 13th place in the Spanish Grand Prix, once again out of the points. © Photo Xavi Bonilla / DPPI

The Grands Prix parade and the points counter Pierre Gasly still doesn't take off. In Barcelona, the Frenchman could hope to achieve a top 10 finish after his retirement in Miami and his twelfth place in Imola. As in Florida, the Norman's hopes were dashed after contact with another car. It was Fernando Alonso two weeks ago and this time it's with the other Alpine, that ofEsteban Ocon, that the pilot Alpha Tauri ruined his race.

« Very disappointed, because the weekends keep coming and it still doesn't pay off. On the first lap, we had contact and we lost a lot of aero load and after that we were nowhere. From the 1st lap, the race was more or less over and I tried to do the best I could. It's just frustrating from weekend to weekend... We can't have a weekend without problems », explained Pierre Gasly to Canal + microphone.

Max Verstappen wins for the 3rd time in a row ❗️

🏆 The Dutchman benefits from the abandonment of Charles Leclerc to win the race ahead Perez and Russell

📊 He also takes the lead in the championship at the expense of the Monegasque#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 #F1

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Drifting in the race, the Frenchman had already had a complicated start to the weekend with an engine problem in FP3 which prevented him from completing a single flying lap. After his elimination in Q2, the Norman wanted to seize the opportunities during the race. He was not able to do so this Sunday afternoon. “ There are always positives but now we will have to work. What is certain is that for the moment things are not falling into place for us, there are always things happening. We try to do the maximum, I try to give the maximum on my side and we will continue to do even more. Of course, it's always frustrating when people don't smile like that. »

Pierre Gasly beaten once again by Yuki Tsunoda

Disillusioned after this new setback, Pierre Gasly will have to deal with the same car in Monaco (May 27-29). AlphaTauri does not plan to make any improvements next week in the Principality. “ We have to deal with it, of course I trust the team at this level on the strategy and we will have to try to do better with the car we have. » With this new arrival outside the points, Pierre Gasly remains 13th in the Drivers' standings with 6 points, behind his teammate Yuki tsunoda. The Japanese finished in the points in 10th place and dominated the Frenchman for the fourth time in six rounds, the balance of power was reversed at AlphaTauri.

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