Saudi Grand Prix: Pierre Jasli and Jack Douuhan aim at more points in Jeddah
Alpine entered the grand prize race at the end of last week, as the Formula 1 team is still the only one to seek its first points in the 2025 season.
Thank you in a large part for the impressive qualification performance, Pierre Jasli witnessed the great prize race in fourth place while Jacques Douuhan set out from the eleventh line, as the team brought those first points to the house, where Jasli finished seventh. He was sitting in sixth place when the race ended, but he lost this position after a late battle with Max Versaben.
The team now hopes to return to searching for points in the Saudi Grand Prix race this week, which is the last race of the first triple head of the season.
“It is great for Bahrain to leave with points on the blackboard after three difficult races at the beginning of the season. I am very happy with the team after we have carried out a very competitive race,” Gasly said in the media inspection of the team. “The strategy and the stop of the hole were very good, and the car also, we can definitely build on this in the upcoming races. The safety of the safety car was not perfect, and it was supposed to be passed by Max in the end, but I am still happy for the entire team.
“A trilogy president continues in Jeddah this week and we hope to show our competitiveness again. The circle is fast, and high -speed corners should play in our favor, similar to Bahrain.”
The result in Bahrain also shows the amazing transformation of coffee in the past few months. When the 2024 F1 season started in Bahrain last year, mired in Gasly and Team-Teamban Ocon at the back of the network, where both drivers started the race in the last row.
A year later, the team returned to the Bahrain International Circle, which is fighting for points.
“We have turned from 2024 to date a major achievement, but we still have a lot to understand it about our car. We aim to get the best 10 other people in Saudi Arabia and I look forward to returning to the right path already,” added.
However, things were sweet and a little bit on the other side of the garage. Douuhan turned into his best qualified performance in F1, and he lost his first Q3 appearance by just 0.017 seconds. The Big Bahrain race started in the P11, but it could not break the top ten at its first points from the F1.
However, the large Bahrain race was called a “positive weekend” for the team. “It was a positive weekend in Bahrain for the team with a truly competitive car, and Pierre secured points for the team in seventh place. On my side, I was happy with the public performance, but I was disappointed by the final result because some things did not go on our way.” “We had the best qualified result as one team, and for the majority of the race, both cars were fighting in the first ten places, indicating that we are able to put ourselves in the mix and fight for points.
“We were regrettable with the final result on both sides of the garage. We hindered the time of the safety car because we built a decent margin with the foot and we had a good situation, but we face them on soft and soft tires in the end, it has proven difficult to stick to it to get points.”
Then he turned his attention to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, noting that, along the lines of Bahrain, he has extensive experience in the leadership of the difficult Jeddah Cornq district from the days of formulas 2.
The rising driver added: “Our focus moves to the end of this week in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to close the head of the trio.” “Once again, it is a circle I have previous experience in Formula 2 and with its rapid and low nature, it will be important to use this knowledge to lock it since the start of the weekend and achieve the maximum benefit from the positive momentum that we must bring to the team.”
Finally, Gasly took a moment to highlight another great achievement for the team on Sunday. While Alpine erupted with its first points of the season, another team member finally got a dream of life.
Winning a master’s degree.
“In another note, I really enjoyed staying awake to see the end of the Master, and I am pleased with Ryuri McLeri, one of our investors, to finally secure a green jacket,” added Ghazly. Congratulations to him!