Pierre Gasly delivered an exceptional performance in Las Vegas with the third fastest time in qualifying. The Alpine F1 driver did not expect to achieve such a performance, even if he had felt that his lap was very fast at the end of Q3.
“It’s incredible, we didn’t think we’d be able to make a top 3 in qualifying. It was an incredible lap, especially on this circuit, we’re flirting with the walls everywhere, there’s a lot of adrenaline and excitement” Gasly said. “I knew it was a good lap, but when he told me on the radio that we were third, I was really happy.”
“I was starting to get cold in the car before Q3, because we waited a long time and I just wanted to go! We had a good first run but that last lap was the one that counted with the new tires and I managed to to do a very good one. It's an incredible period for the team after the double podium in Brazil.
Esteban Ocon did not make it through Q2 and was surprised by the slippage that was not present in the other car. He therefore regrets that his good performance did not allow him to reach a Q3 of which he was largely capable, as he explained to Canal+.
“I was happy with my lap, it was very good and I should have been in Q3 by a wide margin. We must continue not to give up. The performance of the car will be less important tomorrow because there will be a lot of degradation and we will have to manage that, so we'll have to see if we can benefit from that.” notes the Frenchman, who wants to compete for the top 10 in the race.
“That's what I hope, that we manage to fight for points, to have a good race without too much degradation and that we manage to recover where we need to. For the moment, the pace that We don't deserve to get into the points, so it will take factors outside of speed.”
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