Red Bull's Pierre Gasly believes set-up changes between practice and qualifying were the catalyst for his performance struggles at his home event. Gasly qualified only ninth for the French Grand Prix and, having made early gains, slipped through the pack, and classified only 11th. He nonetheless moved up to 10th, earning a point, in the wake of Daniel Ricciardo’s post-race time penalties. “At the moment I just slide all four wheels quite a lot,” Gasly explained when asked by Motorsport Week. “So FP3 was good, from qualifying we struggled massively and was the same in the race. Quite big drop of grip. Just sliding. I don’t have any answer at the moment....
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