“It has been quite a long time since we’ve been involved in any of this sort of situation and it’s never great.”
Having started inside the top 10, Sunday marked a good opportunity for Gasly and Alpine to build on a first points score of the season one week before in Bahrain.
READ MORE: Leclerc ‘never expected’ podium in Saudi Arabia as he urges Ferrari to ‘keep pushing’ for fight at front
Instead, the team failed to register for the fourth time this year, with Jack Doohan crossing the line as the second-last finisher in 17th.
Reflecting on the missed chance, Gasly said: “It feels like we would have been in the mix with Carlos [Sainz] and Alex [Albon] today. The incident itself doesn’t matter too much to me today, it’s more that we looked strong and we could bag some good points for the team in that race.
“On a positive note, we have been competitive all weekend and it’s probably on paper not our best track, so it brings good confidence. We will have to move on quickly and just build on these positives from the weekend.”
