Pierre Gasly says talks are needed at AlphaTauri over the collision between the team’s cars during Sunday’s British Grand Prix.
He was running seventh ahead of team mate Yuki Tsunoda when they tangled at Village. Gasly was frustrated at the missed opportunity to score points at a track which they expected would not suit their car.
“I’m extremely disappointed because we were in such a good position after the restart, both in the points on a track where we’ve struggled massively,” he said in response to a question from RaceFans.
“So it’s something which needs to be discussed internally. I’m not going to start talking here, but obviously it’s extremely disappointing to lose an opportunity like this.”
“Definitely we’ll have to do it and I’m sure we’ll do it because I know as a team in a difficult season like we’re having it, we can’t miss this sort of opportunity,” he added.
The pair hadn’t previously collided since Tsunoda joined Gasly at AlphaTauri last year. “It’s the first time we are having such a scenario and such a situation,” Gasly acknowledged. “But as I said it shouldn’t have even happened so it was just unnecessary.”
Tsunoda was trying to overtake Gasly on the inside of the corner when the pair made contact. He denied entering the corner at too high a speed to avoid contact.
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“From my side, my speed was easy to make the corner,” he said. “But at the same time, I didn’t expect [him to] close the door. He didn’t close the door fully but it was not enough space, I would say, to turn.
“Of course, obviously if we drive battling each other, we want to give the minimum room as much as possible because you don’t want to let the car pass so easily. So I can understand Pierre. Of course, definitely I can wait [for] a different opportunity. But I would say the main thing [is] I’m sorry for the team.”
The two cars could have exchanged positions at the corner without contact, Tsunoda insisted. “There was not any dirty air because there was no car in front of me,” he explained. “And it was not over-speed.
“I would say I was still possible to keep in the white line in the exit because obviously I tried to overtake in the corner, before the corner, not in the middle of the corner.”
Gasly defended his position more vigorously than Tsunoda thought he would. “I didn’t expect he’d try to still fight…
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