Charles Pic: “More progress”

That's it, it's the start of the European season. Charles Pic will start to evolve on circuits that he knows better. If he does not have a car able to allow him to score points, the young Frenchman has had a convincing start to the season, even already managing to tickle his experienced and fast teammate Timo Glock. And as the appetite comes with eating, Charles will want to confirm this weekend in Spain, while helping the team to get closer to the rest of the peloton. A level that the new package received by the MR-01 could help to overcome.

“Our goal for Spain is to take a step forward and get closer to the fight, underlines Charles. Based on what we saw at Mugello, I think it's possible. We have good progress, and the car is evolving positively, so I think that if we can make it work in Barcelona, ​​we will also be able to perform well on the other tracks. As a team we have goals, and from a personal point of view, I want to improve further. The Catalunya circuit is a track that I know well. I drove there several times”. We will have understood, from a personal point of view, Charles now wants to get ahead of his stablemate.

Marussia boss F1 Team also hopes to see its cars take a step forward this weekend, especially since the Briton believes that the Catalan track is a justice of the peace. “It’s a circuit that we know so well and on which we are so comfortable, He says. If a package is doing well there, then it's a good barometer to judge the progress made. Much more than Mugello, where we saw a step forward, but on a less representative circuit. We are on a good pace and on the right trajectory. For this reason, I am confident that there is much more to come from the car and our drivers this season. We therefore approach the European season with a feeling of excitement and confidence”.

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