“There [were] great battles. After that I think we did a very good race as a team, I’m happy. Obviously gutted about that Virtual Safety Car, we had a strategy with the leading car to pit early and the trailing car to go long and try to catch the Safety Car, and yeah, this is what happened so unfortunately the coins fell on the wrong side for me today.
“But for the team it’s a point, fantastic effort. It just shows we are making steps forward, making good progress. I think it’s going to be a great source of motivation. Unfortunately nothing we could have controlled there, but hopefully the luck will come our way next time.”
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Alpine have continued to bring updates to the A524, having first introduced a significant floor upgrade on Ocon’s car in China before delivering the same specification for Gasly in Miami.
With the team finishing at the back of pack during the season-opener in Bahrain, Gasly is pleased to see how the car has developed since then.
“I must say, it does feel like we can be a bit more in the fight,” the Frenchman conceded. “We have a bit more control over the race and what happens.
“I was able to pull some great moves, even on Fernando at the start of the race. There were some good fights out there so, yeah, we’ll keep improving, but overall we’re going in the right direction.”
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