Annoyed Pierre Gasly rues race the place he ‘simply went backwards’ as Ocon is left hoping for upgrades in Mexico

“I feel we began rather well, P6, managed to carry onto that place early on, managed the tyres on the primary stint,” Gasly stated afterwards.

“Haas had two automobiles to play with and determined to go aggressive with one automotive, Magnussen, who was behind. And we reacted to it, which with hindsight wasn’t the suitable factor to do as from the second we boxed, it simply went backwards.

“We had a sluggish cease, ended up within the site visitors, couldn’t change on the arduous tyres and had been simply technique to sluggish with the arduous [tyre] in comparison with the medium. It’s fairly irritating as we had massive hopes after yesterday and simply really feel that at this time was not adequate. Total, as a crew we underperformed.”

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Alpine’s battle with the arduous compound tyre wasn’t distinctive, with numerous groups discovering the C2 rubber more durable to modify on – particularly if their automotive was following within the soiled air of a rival.