Gasly was asked to move aside and let team-mate Ocon through to take ninth place on the last lap at Suzuka, having earlier been gifted the position in a team order swap.
At that stage of the race, Gasly was on fresher rubber and Alpine believed that if he was let through by Ocon he would have a chance to close in on the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso who was ahead of them on the track.
When it became clear that Gasly was not going to get close enough to Alonso, it issued the order for him to reverse their positions back.
But Gasly was unhappy about that late call, after feeling the situation had not been discussed beforehand and thinking that it was unfair as he was on a faster strategy.
He also said he did not understand why the team needed to make the call, as it did not gain them any positions.
“As a team 10th and ninth or ninth and 10th is the same, but it was definitely not something I expected,” he said. “It's not something I really understand as well as I was the leading car, so we'll talk about it.”
But Famin, who has been running Alpine since previous team principal Otmar Szafnauer left following the Belgian GP, said there is no reason for anyone to be upset over what happened – as he played down talk of tension within the outfit.
Source: Autosport