Gasly: in Miami from the very beginning I had a big hole in the bottom

“I am looking forward to the start of the European part of the season, and even if the result in Miami was not what we were aiming for, the weekend brought us some positive moments. Seventh and ninth places, which was the best qualification this season. The race was difficult because from the very beginning I had a big hole in the bottom and I lost quite a lot of downforce, but even so I could fight for seventh or eighth place with Alpin, which is encouraging. In fact, everything was going well until I ran into Fernando Alonso. This ruined my race and was very disappointing as we had a good weekend up to this point. We deserved a few points, so it was a shame, but the improvement in performance is clear and there is no reason why we can’t get good results in the upcoming races.

Now we are going to Barcelona for the sixth race of the season where I finished ninth in 2020 and 10th last year. It’s always an important weekend because you get a clear picture of the car’s performance and where each team is in relation to the others.

We know that it is difficult to overtake on this track and that will remain the same, even with new cars, due to the nature of the track. But now all this is difficult to predict, so let’s wait and see what happens, ”Alfa Tauri’s press service quoted Gasly as saying.