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Gasly: Alpine still has fifth in mind, but it is a ‘big ask’

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Gasly says Alpine still has fifth place in mind, but considers it a difficult target given the team’s recent points return. He wants to focus on Q3 and Sunday points.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 1 min

Pierre Gasly says Alpine still has fifth place in mind in the 2026 Formula 1 constructors’ championship, but he considers the goal a big ask given the team’s recent points return.

Alpine were sixth, 33 points behind Racing Bulls, at the time of his assessment. Gasly described the gap as objectively large and said the recent points tally made it difficult to close. Alpine’s results had also tailed off over the season, with more finishes outside the top 10 around the summer break and into the second half.

Gasly does not want to focus too heavily on the championship. His attention, he said, is on his own performance: reaching Q3 when Alpine has the pace, then converting that into points on Sundays. He will try to score every Sunday; only at season’s end, he said, will he know whether that is enough for fifth.

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