{"id":135717,"date":"2025-05-27T10:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/135717\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:49:10","slug":"pierre-gasly-blames-yuki-tsunoda-for-their-monaco-f1-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/135717\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre Gasly blames Yuki Tsunoda for their Monaco F1 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pierre Gasly<\/a>\u00a0has blamed the collision that took him out of the Monaco Grand Prix<\/a> on his former Formula 1 team-mate Yuki Tsunoda<\/a>, claiming the latter moved under braking.<\/p>\n

Tsunoda and Gasly were running 17th and 18th \u2013 after making their first mandatory pitstop as early as<\/a> lap 1 \u2013 when the Alpine driver attacked his Red Bull peer at the chicane.<\/p>\n

Gasly violently crashed into Tsunoda, with the TV broadcast featuring a \u201cno brakes\u201d radio message. However, the Frenchman has clarified that this comment was taken out of context.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the brakes,\u201d he insisted. \u201cYuki made a mistake before the tunnel, so I got very close to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery lap he was braking on the racing line on the right. This lap I was very close, so I decided to stay on the left. He started braking on the left, I committed to the right and then he moved back onto the racing line. I was already committing and braking later than him, so I just couldn’t go anywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, here, you’ve got to stick to your line. You already have no space to put two cars together. You can defend the position, but then it’s not a case of \u2018I go right, I close the door to the right and then if you try to go left, I squeeze you to the left as well\u2019. It’s a track where it’s already hard enough. I just thought, \u2018he’ll leave the space\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m sure we’ll chat about it, but I don’t think it was his finest moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Pierre <\/p>\n

Pierre Gasly, Alpine<\/p>\n

Photo by: Sam Bagnall \/ Motorsport Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

However, when Gasly\u2019s comments were put to the Japanese racer \u2013 rephrased as \u201cerratic driving\u201d \u2013 an astonished Tsunoda exclaimed: \u201cWhat? I don’t think I did anything wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would do the same if I had one more time \u2013 because I was hugging the wall all the time. I knew he would try to overtake, and I didn’t want to move under braking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless, it was yet another difficult weekend for Alpine, which suffered its worst qualifying session of the season with Gasly in 18th and team-mate Franco Colapinto<\/a> last; the Argentine took 13th position in the race.<\/p>\n

Gasly nonetheless expected the Monte Carlo track not to suit Alpine\u2019s A525 car.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it’s mainly about understanding what didn’t really work in qualifying, which I think we already have some ideas [about] \u2013 but we also know this track would always highlight some weaknesses of the car in terms of ride,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ride in general, we know, is not the strength of our car. It’s on a track like this where you’re going very low speed, you go over kerbs, you’re three-wheeling in many places. We’re just lacking compliance at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gasly expects a much better showing this weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix<\/a>, on a diametrically opposed layout where Alpine got both cars in Q3 and in points-paying positions last year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think Barcelona should be better. It’s more high-speed corners. It’s a smoother track surface, so I think it should be better.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this article<\/p>\n

Ben Vinel\n<\/p>\n

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Pierre Gasly\n<\/p>\n

Yuki Tsunoda\n<\/p>\n

Red Bull Racing\n<\/p>\n

Alpine\n<\/p>\n

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