The Alpine team order didn’t go down well with Pierre Gasly who was furious in the cockpit to say the least: here’s what happened.
Pierre Gasly did not hide his frustration at the end of the Japanese Grand Prix for the management of team order placed by Alpine, let’s see what happened.
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The French team wanted to attack the eighth place for Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin. With 8 laps to go until the checkered flag, Alpine decided to let Gasly go with a better pace and fresher tyres.
Ocon agreed with the move as long as it came to him the position returned if the plan was not successful. French has in any case given the position before being reassured about the possible restoration of the positions in the finale. [Qui per vedere il momento dello scambio di posizioni dall’on board di Ocon.] At the time of the change of positions, the car #10 had not had the same indication.
Gasly fails to overtake Alonso and they send him away team radio of having to give up the position to his teammate. Despite his protests and disappointment, Gasly gives up the position on the last corner. The French ex-Red Bull and AlphaTauri therefore allows himself to be abandoned anger once you cross the finish line. [Tutta la frustrazione di Gasly è visibile dal suo on board cliccando su questo link.]
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Team orders executed in this way are now commonplace in Formula 1. It is worth underlining how Ocon had already given his availability before he was sure he could get the position back.
Gasly’s frustration, which is extremely understandable, can mostly be attributed to the less than the best communication within the team.
Gasly is ahead of Ocon in the standings and is at 46 points. With ninth place today he would have joined Lance Stroll in the drivers’ standingsstopped at 47.
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2023-09-25 12:57:51
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