Spielberg bei Knittelfeld (Austria) (AFP)

The Blues of Formula 1 again delivered disappointing performances during the Grand Prix of Austria, 9th round of the World Championship, with Pierre Gasly 7th, Romain Grosjean 16th and Renault 12th and 13th.

. Gasly is still looking for herself

For Pierre Gasly aboard his Red Bull, this 7th place stuck behind the McLaren of the "rookie" British Lando Norris for not having managed his tires is a new disappointing result. Even if he says he is not worried about his place, the Frenchman can not ignore it, in a stable that is quick to get rid of the pilots that it does not feel up to, he certainly does not have much left "There are still a lot of things to do," he admits, "I'm looking for directions, there are weekends that have been better and others that have It's a good thing that Max (Verstappen, his team-mate, winner, ed) can show that the car is competitive with the new improvements. will go in the same direction for me when we use them ". In the drivers standings, Gasly is 6th with 43 points and Verstappen 3rd with 126 units.

. Grosjean and Haas still in the hard

Eleventh on the grid with the advantage of choosing his tires, Romain Grosjean estimated Saturday to have "taken a step forward" in a first part of the season complicated and approached his race with optimism. The Haas driver is finally only 16th after a new GP "difficult". "It's really difficult to understand where the + grip + (grip, ed) and how to make the car go faster," he explains, "I had no grip in the first laps and then just no During the rest of the race, the car had no balance, I thought I was spinning at least 15 times, I fought as hard as I could. (from his stable) is very complicated, we work on it and I'm sure we'll get there but it takes time. " Grosjean remains at the 17th lap of the drivers standings with two points. His Danish team-mate Kevin Magnussen was the fifth fastest time in qualifying, but he finished 19th and penultimate, penalized by five places at the start for a gearbox change and a drive-through in the race for his team. to be positioned too far forward on the grid.

. Renault goes out of the points

After a disappointing start to the season followed by an improvement of three consecutive races in points, Renault stumbles again. The two drivers of the French manufacturer describe a "complicated" weekend. "Something was wrong and Nico (Hülkenberg, his German teammate, 13th, ed) shares the same impression and we will do our best to understand why and fix it," said Australia's Daniel Ricciardo, 12th. "There are things we can improve, but I'm not going to put everything on the car, I will also do my own exam to see where I can do better." "We had a lot of trouble with the car, which makes it difficult for us today (Sunday)," said Hülkenberg, "we did not have the car to play the points." "We have to identify if there was something specific about the settings or just a chassis feature we need to work on," concludes their boss Cyril Abiteboul. In the constructors' standings, Renault, which is in 4th place, remains 5th at 20 points from McLaren and 10 ahead of Alfa Romeo Racing.

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