Pierre Gasly is already looking ahead to the second half of the Formula 1 season and hopes that Alpine can make progress with the upgrade package scheduled for the Dutch GP.
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The French team had a good start to the championship and was showing itself as the fifth best on the grid – in fact, Pierre even managed a podium in Monaco. However, in the most recent races, Audi and Racing Bulls are closing in and Alpine has dropped to sixth position.
“This is not the reality I want to see, but you can’t escape it; there have already been some races where the story repeated itself. In qualifying: 12th, 13th, behind Racing Bulls and Audi. In the race, you might even think that maybe we will manage to get there, and I do see them, but it’s a matter of pure pace: we simply don’t have the necessary performance,” he said.
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“Besides that, the feeling when driving is not good; the car doesn’t react at all the way I would like and doesn’t allow me to drive the way I need. There is a lot to fix,” he continued.
The first race that resumes the F1 season is in Zandvoort, where Alpine will bring upgrades. “I think the aerodynamics are very inconsistent; it’s something we are aware of and hope will be fixed in Zandvoort. That’s the standard in Formula 1: when you bring upgrades, you expect the situation to actually improve. From my side, I don’t doubt that the package will deliver what the team expects,” he concluded.
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