“Alpine struggles continue in Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Gasly and Ocon look towards Miami”

Alpine had a very complicated day this Sunday during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The French team has not been able to bounce back after its poor performance in Australia, and continues to doubt. Esteban Ocon (15th) had a huge scare at the end of the race, while Pierre Gasly (14th), very ambitious during the pre-season, struggled at the back of the race. But the latter absolutely wants to move on.

After their collision in Australia, Esteban Ocon et Pierre Gasly were keen to remobilize this Sunday on the circuit of Baku. But not everything went as planned for the pilots ofAlpine. Respectively 15th and 14th, the two Frenchmen are struggling to stand out at the start of the season. However, both of them do not want to panic, and are now heading for Miami.

Gasly already focused on Miami

“We want to quickly put the page behind this very frustrating weekend for all of us in the team. We must ensure that this kind of performance does not happen again. We are clearly not where we should be and we have to come back stronger next week in Miami, on a more conventional circuit. declare a Pierre Gasly visibly very frustrated, in comments relayed by Next-Gen Auto. “In my race, we tried something different on the strategy and we hoped to be successful, but we couldn’t do much more in the end. I made a few overtakes. It’s always satisfying, but it’s much more rewarding when points are on the line. I’m already looking forward to getting back behind the wheel next weekend in Miami.”. Gasly therefore promises to be there for the next race, whereas recently, the technical director ofAlpine Otmar Szafnaueur spoke about his integration.

Ocon ‘convinced’ to do better in Miami

“We gave it our all today praying the strategy would work with a safety car or a late race incident, but things didn’t go our way. We can be proud of our efforts. We pushed to the end, getting the most out of the hard tyres. At the end, I got a little frightened by seeing people gather in the pit lane while the race was not over. Fortunately, more fear than harm, but we must ensure that this does not happen again. Our performances are not at the desired level and, after this learning weekend, we have the opportunity to analyze everything to come back stronger to Miami. I am convinced that we will manage to do it” says about him Esteban Ocon.