A weekend with Alpine in Miami: at the heart of the reconstruction of the French team

It wasn't supposed to happen like this around Miami's Hard Rock Stadium. In Florida's "Magic City," the French team and its star driver wanted to break the spell and score the points they desperately needed. This Friday, the day of Sprint testing and qualifying, Pierre Gasly had not arrived frustrated by the last missed appointments, just in a hurry to put an end to the lack of success which explained the last place ofAlpine in the Constructors' Championship. This weekend in the Miami Dolphins Stadium, he was determined to break through the defense in the middle of the grid and score as many points as possible. Galvanized by the announced presence of Patrick Mahomes, famous quarterback of the NFL (National Football League) in the garage Alpine Over the weekend, the leader of the French team was burning with desire to play his part too. This time, there was no way he was going to watch helplessly as points were lost, as in Melbourne and Shanghai, or about to be lost, as in Saudi Arabia (victim of a collision at the 3rd corner with Yuki tsunoda).

« We showed speed, the speed we objectively thought we had, but we did not have the success we deserved, he explained to us in the Miami paddock a few hours before the only free practice session of the weekend. In Australia, the Safety Car cost us points with 5 laps to go. In China, we were excluded for 800 grams of tires, which potentially cost us 2 points after the declassifications. Ferrari (the'Alpine and the Italians were not at the minimum weight. Editor's note)In Jeddah, we missed a real opportunity due to a racing incident that we were victims of. The championship results are therefore not as good.