Pierre Gasly shared his difficulties with the setup of Alpine’s Formula 1 car during the Singapore Grand Prix, an event where he surprisingly failed to score points. He achieved seventh place on the starting grid, taking advantage of technical issues faced by Isack Hadjar and George Russell’s penalty, but during the race, he struggled to master his machinery.
Gasly lost two places at the start of the race, commenting on the lack of power off the line: ‘We didn’t have power when we left the line. We need to review this because this year we have had very good starts.’ Despite attempts to recover positions, he ended up outside the top 10 on lap 55 of the 62 that made up the race.
As the race progressed, the German began to suffer significant tire degradation. ‘After three laps, we had no tires left and our speed was affected,’ Gasly said. The low tire temperatures during qualifying also hampered his performance. ‘In qualifying, the tires are cold, but during the race, after a good start, by the third lap, our traction disappears,’ he commented with disappointment.
Unfortunately, the situation became even more complicated for the Alpine team with the retirement of Franco Colapinto, who suffered a problem with the transmission line. This marks the third consecutive event in which Alpine has failed to score points, now placing them 32 points behind Racing Bulls in the constructors’ championship standings.
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