At an FIA press conference in Brazil, Pierre Gasly admitted that he's finding the end of the season difficult. Because of Alpine's decision to stop upgrading the A525 fairly early, the team is currently uncompetitive, but Pierre hopes the decisions made will pay off next year. Pierre Gasly: "I don't think we'll be more competitive at this track than at previous rounds. We fully understand our capabilities, but we still try to do our best every weekend. At Interlagos the weather can interfere with how things unfold — in the past we've already seen some crazy races here. The team knows that in terms of car speed we've taken a step back, since we stopped developing the car several months ago. But we're okay and we know there are four race weekends ahead in which we'll try to fight, and then we'll fully switch to next year's car project. In a way I feel like I'm sitting on two chairs. On the one hand, it's been very hard for all of us in the team this year because we're uncompetitive for reasons we know and because of the decisions that were made. But on the other hand, we hope all these decisions will pay off in 2026. I believe that. I can see the work on the new car progressing. Everyone is giving their all, everyone's hugely motivated, and that's great, but it feels like this season is lasting a very long time."

At an FIA press conference in Brazil, Pierre Gasly admitted that he's finding the end of the season difficult. Because of Alpine's decision to stop upgrading the A525 fairly early, the team is currently uncompetitive, but Pierre hopes the decisions made will pay off next year. Pierre Gasly: "I don't think we'll be more competitive at this track than at previous rounds. We fully understand our capabilities, but we still try to do our best every weekend. At Interlagos the weather can interfere with how things unfold — in the past we've already seen some crazy races here. The team knows that in terms of car speed we've taken a step back, since we stopped developing the car several months ago. But we're okay and we know there are four race weekends ahead in which we'll try to fight, and then we'll fully switch to next year's car project. In a way I feel like I'm sitting on two chairs. On the one hand, it's been very hard for all of us in the team this year because we're uncompetitive for reasons we know and because of the decisions that were made. But on the other hand, we hope all these decisions will pay off in 2026. I believe that. I can see the work on the new car progressing. Everyone is giving their all, everyone's hugely motivated, and that's great, but it feels like this season is lasting a very long time."

      En la conferencia de prensa de la FIA en Brasil, Pierre Gasly reconoció que le está costando el final de la temporada. Debido a la decisión de Alpine de detener bastante pronto la modernización del monoplaza A525, el equipo ahora no es competitivo, pero Pierre espera que las decisiones tomadas den sus frutos el próximo año.

      Pierre Gasly: «No creo que en este circuito seamos más competitivos que en las citas anteriores. Entendemos muy bien nuestras posibilidades, pero aun así intentamos dar el máximo cada fin de semana. En Interlagos el clima puede interferir en el desarrollo de los acontecimientos: en el pasado ya hemos visto aquí carreras locas en varias ocasiones.

      El equipo sabe que, en cuanto a la velocidad del coche, dimos un paso atrás, ya que hace varios meses dejamos de desarrollar el monoplaza. Pero estamos bien y sabemos que quedan cuatro fines de semana de carrera en los que intentaremos luchar, y después nos centraremos por completo en el proyecto del coche del año que viene.

      En cierto sentido me siento sentado en dos sillas. Por un lado, este año a todos nosotros en el equipo nos está costando mucho porque no somos competitivos por razones que conocemos y por las decisiones tomadas. Pero por otro lado, esperamos que todas estas decisiones se vean recompensadas en 2026. Yo creo en ello.

      Veo cómo avanza el trabajo en el nuevo coche. Todos trabajan con entrega total, con una enorme motivación, y eso es genial, pero da la impresión de que la temporada actual está siendo muy larga.»

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