Gasly embarrassed by possibility of race ban

AlphaTauri operator Pierre Gasly says helium is embarrassed to beryllium 1 incidental distant from a imaginable contention prohibition aft amassing 10 punishment points connected his superlicence this year.

If Gasly notches up different 2 points connected his licence earlier May adjacent year, erstwhile the archetypal of his points volition expire, helium volition beryllium forced to miss a contention nether F1's punishment points rules.

He was issued with his tenth punishment constituent astatine the past contention successful Mexico erstwhile helium ran Lance Stroll wide astatine Turn 4 to instrumentality a position, and helium was fixed the archetypal 2 of his existent 10 astatine the Spanish Grand Prix erstwhile helium caused a collision with Stroll.

Only 5 of his 10 points are a effect of incidents with different drivers and Gasly, who is discussing the contented with the FIA successful an effort to find a resolution, believes his driving standards person not warranted a contention ban.

"I'm not going to lie, it's a precise unpleasant situation, and rather delicate," helium said up of this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix. "In immoderate ways also, it's a spot embarrassing to beryllium lasting successful a presumption wherever I could beryllium banned for a contention aft the play I've done.

"I don't truly consciousness similar I've been peculiarly unsafe implicit the past 12 months, and that would decidedly beryllium a harsh penalty. But there's been a batch of treatment with the FIA, trying to find a solution due to the fact that personally, I privation to bash each the races, I privation to decorativeness the play successful the champion mode I tin with AlphaTauri."

Next year, Gasly volition determination from AlphaTauri to Alpine and helium is wary that his precarious presumption could mean helium misses a important contention with his caller squad adjacent season.

"I privation to bash each the races successful 2023 and get the maximum chances to execute for Alpine," helium added. "Obviously, determination is simply a batch astatine involvement due to the fact that nary 1 knows what's going to hap successful 2023, I could extremity up with an astonishing car, warring for the championship, for example.

"I can't instrumentality the hazard to beryllium banned for a contention and suffer each my hopes for the championship. It's a precise tricky situation. I've been discussing rather a batch with the FIA to effort to find solutions, due to the fact that the mode the regulations are written astatine the moment, it's rather strict connected the drivers and rather harsh penalties, adjacent though it's not ever related to unsafe driving. Definitely, the penalties person monolithic repercussions connected the teams and drivers successful the championship."

Gasly is hopeful a compromise volition beryllium recovered earlier this weekend's enactment successful Sao Paulo truthful that helium doesn't extremity up successful a presumption wherever helium could beryllium banned from his last contention with AlphaTauri.

"I bash anticipation we are going to person much conversations contiguous but I bash anticipation we tin find a solution up of the play to extremity up successful a silly concern wherever I'll beryllium banned for a contention weekend. That would beryllium unspeakable for myself and decidedly not the mode that I've seen the athletics increasing up. I don't deliberation that's the close approach.

"Obviously, I can't truly spell into adjacent twelvemonth with lone 2 points and that hazard implicit my head. But astatine the aforesaid time, astatine the infinitesimal determination is nary wide solution truthful hopefully determination tin beryllium a bully program going guardant for 2023."