The Alpine driver picked up three five-second penalties for observe limits offences over the course of the race.
He took the primary at a pit cease, whereas the others have been added to his race time, leaving him in twelfth place behind the additionally penalised Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll.
“It wasn’t an excellent day,” stated the Frenchman when requested by Motorsport.com about his troublesome race. “I did too many errors with the observe limits, and it price me 15 seconds.
“So I can solely be disenchanted with myself, as a result of clearly you are speaking a couple of centimetres, which is nothing, however I paid a giant value for it and missed out on the factors. So I’ve simply received to be taught from this.
“All in all it was a troublesome day. I had an excellent begin however went on the surface and needed to decelerate with the Mercedes [incident] in entrance of me, so misplaced one other two positions.
“After which after that the entire race we had vitality administration points, which price me straight line velocity all through the entire race. I used to be simply attempting to compensate for it, and took too many dangers. So simply not an excellent day from us.”
Pierre Gasly, Alpine A523, passes the chequered flag
Picture by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Pictures
Gasly admitted that one of many issues was that observe limits warnings got here too late from the FIA, by way of his engineer.
“It was the story of the entire race,” he stated. “I haven’t got any excuses as a result of it is the identical for everybody, and on the finish of the day I took too many clearly.
“I do not know what number of observe limits there have been the entire race, however we have been all the time two steps behind from what’s occurring, and I believe it wasn’t a straightforward day for us.”
Like different drivers Gasly discovered the race laborious bodily: “It was the hardest race of the 12 months. It was clearly highly regarded within the automobile, and really bodily difficult. I knew it will likely be like that.
“And I do know I am coaching actually laborious, and I’ve among the finest bodily circumstances within the paddock. So I normally embrace these circumstances.
“And I do know it is difficult for everybody, however as we speak I simply did not do a ok job, and I want to want to be taught from this observe limits story.”
In the meantime, Gasly’s team-mate Esteban Ocon, who was hit laborious by observe limits penalties in Austria, says he labored laborious to keep away from a repeat. The Frenchman ultimately completed a strong seventh.
“I had one on lap one of many race,” he stated. “I used to be like, if we begin like that, then it is going be a ache! I received a snap mid-corner and I went extensive. After that I believe I stayed actually clear.
“Like I used to be not even touching the white line anymore, staying mid-track to ensure one thing like Austria does not occur.
“I had a really, superb first lap. I handed Lando [Norris], I handed Pierre, and I used to be simply making my manner via once we have been boxing, and stuff like that.
“So I did not waste any second when it comes to overtaking and all that, so I believe it’s a fairly properly maximised race.”
