P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Alpine created needless tension with ‘complete joke’ Gasly order
Pierre Gasly expressed his frustration and called the situation a “complete joke” after being ordered to swap positions with Esteban Ocon on the final lap of the Japanese Grand Prix. Gasly believed he deserved to finish ahead because he had qualified and ran ahead of Ocon for most of the race. The team’s claim that the swap was in the best interest of the team did not sit well with Gasly. The decision to swap positions was not communicated to Gasly beforehand, leaving him surprised and angry. Gasly questioned why he was being made to give up a position that he believed he would have overtaken anyway. He felt that the situation was handled poorly by the team.
Source: The Race
