Difficult start for Charles Pic in Montreal

Beginner in Formula 1 this year, the Frenchman had never driven on the Gilles Villeneuve circuit before and was therefore slowed down in his learning while his team worked on its car. The rain spared the two sessions of the day and the Montélien hopes to stay dry for the rest of the weekend to improve.

« It's a difficult start to the weekend for me on a new circuit. In these circumstances, we hope for more constant conditions than those we experienced, but we remained focused and we completed our evaluation program, which was positive, comments Charles Pic. This afternoon, in drier conditions, we had a problem with the brakes, so we had to replace them. »

« The team worked hard to get me back on track in the last ten minutes, so thanks to them for that. We're hoping for a dry track for the rest of the weekend so we can make up for what we lost today. »