Alpine needs to understand “super painful” Monza F1 weekend

Both Gasly and team-mate Esteban Ocon were eliminated in Q1, qualifying 17th and 18th respectively for the Italian GP.

They didn’t fare much better in the race, with Gasly just avoiding being lapped by winner Max Verstappen in 15th, while Ocon’s car was retired as a pre-caution after he started encountering a steering lock issue.

While Gasly explained that Alpine had expected to struggle in Monza, that didn’t make its weekend any less of a…