No answers after Bahrain GP qualifying frustration for Alpine

Alpine hid its true potential in testing at Sakhir by not running soft tyres or low fuel, but Gasly picked up the pace in second practice, when he was an encouraging seventh.

However, while team-mate Esteban Ocon progressed to Q3 and earned ninth place on the grid, Gasly fought understeer and traction issues and was slowest of all in Q1.

“It’s clearly a one-off,” he said when asked by Autosport what had gone wrong. “I don’t fully have the answers now.

“But I looked…