Pierre Gasly: Rivals are handling the situation better than us.

      At Silverstone, Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly earned three points between them, while their rivals from Racing Bulls earned five times more, allowing the Faenza team to minimize the gap to Alpine F1 in the Constructors' Championship. Pierre Gasly has to admit that the rivals have been performing better lately…

      Pierre Gasly: "Racing Bulls has looked very confident for several weekends in a row – I think they have scored points with both cars in four consecutive races. Certainly, this team is doing well – better than we have been lately.

      It will be tough for us in Spa, as Racing Bulls is performing very well. That doesn’t mean we can’t overtake them. I don’t want to say that we will be focusing on minimizing losses, but until we get the next set of technical updates, our task is to try to make their lives as difficult as possible in every race. We have just one point more in the team standings, but we will try to stay ahead of Racing Bulls for as long as possible.

      In terms of energy consumption, the Belgian track is one of the most challenging, but we knew that even before the season started and have a rough idea of what to expect here. As for the chances of competing in Spa, it’s quite possible that it won’t be too bad, and there are several corners where we will need to try to show the maximum possible speeds.

      But at the same time, we will have to think about how to act best behind the wheel, how to use energy with maximum efficiency. I don’t want to think that this weekend we will have to deal with difficulties related to super clipping and other issues."