Gasly was one of four drivers - teammate Yuki Tsunoda and the two Asto꧒n Martins - to start on Pirelli’s C5 tyre at th🍬e Red Bull Ring.

The decision to start on the softest compound meant Gasly was force🅠d to switch to a two-stop str🎐ategy.

It ultimately proved to be slower as he was beaten by both Ferraris and Daniel Ricciardo🎉, all of whom started outside the top ten on the medium tyre.

Gasly believes the decision to get꧋ into Q3 on the soft cost him a better res🧔ult than ninth.

“It was probably harder than we expected,” Gasly said after the race. “We thought we would probably beꦇnefit a bit more from this two-stop, and it turned out that it was not ideal. Looking at the Aston Martin on the same strategy, looking at Yuki and myself, we seemed to struggle a bit more. 

“But we still came really close to the Ferraris, which had a very good race pace last w🐬eekend. I think it’s still a good day but I came really close to Charles. I would have liked to try something, but unfortunately I missed a lap.”

The Frenchman believes AlphaTauri simply didn’t have the pace to qualify inside the top ten on the medium after the decision was taken💃 following Friday practice.

“We had to commit Friday night,” Gasly🏅 added. “We didn’t feel like we had the pace to do it [on mediums]. In terms of strategy we need to look at the numbers and see our approach to t🤡he weekend. 

“But McLaren made it work, Daniel [Ricciardo] starting from P13, managed to come 🌼back quite well with the one-stop. So there were some positives clearly to do the one-stop, but we’ll have to revise it.”