AlphaTauri technical director Jody Egginton says “accidents and other mistakes” have cost the team valuable points this season.

The AT02 is capable of impressive pace, with Pierre Gasly consistently putting himself in the first six on the grid and rookie Yuki Tsunoda also now becoming a more frequent presence in Q3.

But Sundays have been a different matter for Gasly, who has twice suffered in opening-lap incidents with Daniel Ricciardo (Bahrain) and Charles Leclerc (Styria) while the decision to use full wet weather tyres on a drying track at Imola also proved unwise.

Tsunoda, meanwhile, has made typical rookie errors in qualifying that have left him down the grid on several occasions, although his race performances have generally been cleaner.