Alpine heads to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit for Spherical 5 of the 2025 FIA Components One World Championship, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Pierre Gasly: “It is nice to depart Bahrain with factors on the board after three difficult races at the beginning of the season. I am very completely satisfied for the group after we executed a really aggressive race. The technique and pit stops had been excellent, and the automobile was too, we are able to actually construct on this within the upcoming races. The timing of the Security Automobile was not perfect, and it was bittersweet to be handed by Max [Verstappen] on the finish, however I am nonetheless happy for the entire group. The triple-header continues in Jeddah this week and we hope to indicate our competitiveness once more. The circuit is quick, and the high-speed corners ought to hopefully play to our benefit, equally to Bahrain. Our turnaround from 2024 to now has been an incredible achievement however we nonetheless have so much to know about our automobile. We’re aiming for an additional prime 10 end in Saudi Arabia and I am trying ahead to getting again out on monitor already. On one other observe, I actually loved staying up late to observe the tip of the Masters and I am delighted for Rory McIlroy, one in every of our buyers, to lastly safe the inexperienced jacket. Congratulations to him!”
Jack Doohan: “It was a optimistic weekend in Bahrain for the group with the automobile actually aggressive and Pierre securing factors for the group in seventh place. On my aspect, I used to be pleased with the overall efficiency, however left upset with the tip consequence as some issues simply didn’t go our method. We had our greatest Qualifying consequence as a group and for almost all of the race each vehicles had been preventing within the prime 10, which matches to indicate that we’re able to placing ourselves within the combine and preventing for factors. We had been unlucky with the ultimate consequence on my aspect of the storage. We had been hampered by the point of the Security Automobile as we had constructed an honest margin with the undercut and had good monitor place however going up in opposition to these on brisker, Mushy tyres in direction of the tip proved too troublesome to hold on for factors. Our focus shifts to this weekend in Saudi Arabia to shut out the triple-header. As soon as once more it’s a circuit I’ve prior expertise at from Components 2 and with its quick and flowing nature it is going to be vital to make use of that data to lock in from the beginning of the weekend and take advantage of the optimistic momentum we have now to usher in extra factors for the group.”
