Ocon and Gasly discussed the incident at the Grand Prix of Japan, Gasly does not want to dwell on it anymore

In the drivers’ press conference, Thursday in Doha, the Alpine drivers were questioned about the event that caused Pierre Gasly’s great anger at the very end of the race. While Gasly was 9th, his team asked him to give his position to Esteban Ocon, 10th. The driver who just joined Alpine this season complied but did not understand the reason and got violently angry in his cockpit once the finish line was crossed.

« Everything has been discussed and I leave it there. » commented Gasly who still seems irritated that this question is being asked. Liam Parker, the Formula 1 interviewer, persisted by asking what would happen now if it were to happen again, but the Normandy driver did not say much more.

« As I said, everything has been addressed [ED: with the team] and I will not comment any further. » Pierre Gasly reminded the interviewer at the press conference, Liam Parker.

On his part, Esteban Ocon commented a little more on the event explaining that « You know, we discussed internally – which is the most important – and we know which direction we are now heading. It has already happened in the past with Daniel [Ricciardo], Fernando [Alonso] and we had made these position exchanges from one side or the other. As a team, we try to optimize our results and we tried in this race. Unfortunately, we could not gain an additional position, so made the change of position. Now we know which direction we are going and that’s the most important. »

Pierre Gasly had drawn attention at the end of the Grand Prix mainly for his middle finger gesture, which he made seemingly aimed at no one, from inside his cockpit. He had notably shown a lot of frustration during the press conference, explaining that he did not believe he had to give up his position, as he had not been warned and that either way he would have overtaken his teammate, being on a different strategy and tyres.