Three Q3s. Zero Points. Gasly Explains Alpine’s Race-Day Struggles.

Pierre Gasly’s qualifying results gave Alpine opportunities across the triple-header. After another scoreless Sunday in Singapore, he identified the race-performance problems holding the team back.

Pierre Gasly reached Q3 in Baku, Sepang and Singapore, but finished the three-race stretch without a point. His explanation after Singapore focused on Alpine’s difficulty sustaining its speed over a race distance.

The qualifying sequence was consistent: seventh in Azerbaijan, ninth for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia and eighth in Singapore. He also reached SQ3 at Marina Bay.

The results that followed were very different. Gasly retired in Baku, finished 16th at Sepang and took 11th in Singapore. Ninth in Singapore’s Sprint added another finish outside the points.

A poor start, then fading rear grip

Gasly started the Singapore Grand Prix seventh after George Russell’s grid penalty moved him up one position. That advantage began disappearing immediately.

He reported insufficient power off the line, allowing Liam Lawson and Nico Hülkenberg to pass. Both remained ahead at the finish.

The start was only part of his explanation. Gasly also identified traction and declining rear-tire performance as limitations on circuits that place demands on the rear axle.

Traction is the car’s ability to put its power onto the track when accelerating out of corners. Losing rear grip makes that harder and can compromise the run toward the next braking zone.

Gasly said Alpine could not maintain its competitors’ pace as the rear tires deteriorated. That is his assessment of the car’s behavior, with further work needed to understand the underlying cause.

The contrast is clear in the results: three appearances in the final Grand Prix qualifying session, plus Singapore’s Sprint qualifying finale, produced no championship points.

Reliability adds a separate problem

Franco Colapinto’s Singapore retirement presented Alpine with another issue. He stopped with a suspected driveline problem, separate from Gasly’s account of his start and tire performance.

Colapinto’s retirement also meant Alpine had only one car left to pursue points. Gasly finished one place outside the scoring positions.

Managing Director Steve Nielsen acknowledged the scoreless triple-header while pointing to the team’s qualifying pace as a reason for optimism.

He said more parts were in the pipeline and called for an investigation into the failures that stopped Alpine’s cars twice during the Singapore weekend.

Ahead of Austin, Alpine has two tasks: turn its qualifying positions into sustained race performance and resolve the reliability problems that reduced its chances at Marina Bay.