Pierre Gasly admits that he prefers to not look again at any missed possibilities for factors in 2022 with a view to defend his psychological well being.

It was a tough season for Gasly and the AlphaTauri group, with the Pink Bull sister group slipping from P6 within the 2021 Constructors’ Championship to P9 in 2022.

Gasly additionally went from ninth within the Drivers’ standings within the earlier 12 months to 14th within the latter marketing campaign.

In addition to struggling to frequently end throughout the factors, the Frenchman incurred a number of penalties and as such will enter 2023 – the place he’ll make his debut for Alpine – with 10 penalty factors.

This places him more and more liable to a race ban, given {that a} driver is handed this punishment ought to they attain 12 penalty factors inside a 12-month interval.

Regardless of the ups and downs through the 12 months, Gasly doesn’t wish to spend an excessive amount of time ruing missed alternatives.

Gasly: It has been an especially tough 12 months

“In case you look again over 22 races, you will see that [missing] factors [easily],” Gasly informed media, together with RacingNews365.com.

“However I’ve realized [that], for our personal psychological well being in F1, it is higher to not look again in any respect the lacking factors, in any other case you are attending to despair very quick.”

However, Gasly acknowledges that issues may have gone higher for AlphaTauri in what proved to be a difficult 12 months.

“I believe, for us, we may have finished a greater job on some events,” he continued.

“Clearly for us, it has been an especially tough 12 months. Typically [we’ve made] errors on our facet, typically [we’ve been] unfortunate, nevertheless it’s been a really difficult 12 months.”

Gasly will depart the group after six years to associate Esteban Ocon at Alpine in 2023, whereas Nyck de Vries will fill his emptiness at AlphaTauri alongside the incumbent Yuki Tsunoda.