Alpine behind Audi and Racing Bulls after Silverstone: "We're losing a bit everywhere"

Although the two pilots Alpine Although they managed to finish in the points at Silverstone, the indicators are not very reassuring. Pierre Gasly, in particular, urged his teammates to react before Spa.

The situation is not yet worrying.Alpine However, what was observed at Silverstone invites reflection. To what extent does the team ofenstone Has she fallen behind her competitors? Struggling since Austria, Pierre Gasly (who regained points despite his struggles on British soil), further explained his feelings behind the wheel of his Alpine.

“I’m happy for the team, we scored three points, but I’m a bit gutted to be overtaken by Franco [Colapinto] in the pits because we made a slow stop. He was three seconds behind, he came out five seconds ahead. It’s a bit annoying to lose a point like that in the championship, but it doesn’t change anything. We’re too slow and we’ll have to improve the car because I was losing ground on Bortoleto And the Racing Bulls, so I think overall we've limited the damage with these three points and the cars retiring ahead, but we'll need to find more performance. he argued for Canal+. This weekend, we're sliding everywhere, we have no traction, at best we're just as fast, otherwise we're losing ground everywhere. There's a lot of work to do and we're going to try to focus on the coming weekends.

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Always performing well, Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly benefit from a car that, at first glance, appears to be a natural fit. In fact, Pierre Gasly, still ahead of the Racing Bulls in the drivers' championship, has only failed to score any points in a race weekend once. Apart from Spielberg, the Frenchman has scored at least one point in every other race weekend, suggesting good things to come if the upgrades this summer are successful. Will Spa be the first race to go well again for him? Alpine ?