Pierre Gasly finished in a superb fifth place at the Qatar Grand Prix, after a difficult race full of twists and turns. The Alpine F1 driver is delighted with a result he did not expect, after a race during which he took advantage of a fast A524.
“It was a really incredible race, I'm very happy, the car worked well. We managed well, I didn't have a very good start, I lost places but I tried to stay calm in the car but I felt good, I tried to manage the tires well and I managed to overtake Yuki and Alonso” Gasly said.
“I felt faster than Magnussen and I saved the tires to attack when he stopped. It's very positive, we made changes which helped us compared to the Sprint, at the restart we are sixth, Things are happening up front. It was tough to keep Carlos behind but we had to defend so I'm very happy.”
“It wasn't easy because I had to save fuel so there were a lot of things to manage. But what we will remember is the performance, we are very fast. It's been a few races since we “That is, we saw it in Vegas starting third, and we know that these points are going to be important.”
The Frenchman locked his wheels on the restart after one of the Safety Cars, and he explains why: “What happened was that Pérez spun, I almost crashed into him because he was rolling backwards, so I didn't take any risks, I went off the track and I collected dust.”
“I thought the grip was going to be good on the restart two corners later, I locked both front tires and I scared myself because I couldn't stop the car, I went far off track. Afterwards I passed Sainz again and managed to stay there but we had a lot of vibrations and it was quite hot to manage.
However, this fine performance is somewhat overshadowed by the rumor surrounding the possible dismissal of Esteban Ocon before Abu Dhabi, which Flavio Briatore seems to be orchestrating.
