Pierre Gasly: ​​“The program was important for the team”

Engaged in Super Formula this season, with the support of Red Bull, Pierre Gasly was able to find the tub of a car in Milton Keynes yesterday during the second day of private testing at the Hungaroring. The French driver took over from Max Verstappen, who had a complicated first session on Tuesday, with problems with MGU-K.

In fact, Pierre Gasly carried out part of the program planned for the Dutch driver, accumulating more than 100 laps to collect as much data as possible for the Red Bull Racing engineers, and putting aside the performance aspect. « Max didn't have the easiest day Tuesday so we had a lot of work to do, comments Gasly.

As far as driving goes, it wasn't the most exciting day for me, but the program was really important for the team with a lot of aerodynamic tests, a lot of long stints. »

Understanding gum

While Pirelli has carried out tests with its 2018 prototypes with Valtteri Bottas on the first day Tuesday, Pierre Gasly admits for his part that he had a better overview of the possibilities of the current casings of the Italian manufacturer, which in 2017 brought completely revised rubbers, with sizes greatly increased compared to 2016.

“As for tire management, it was also helpful for me to understand how they work. In the end, we didn't have time to go for performance, but it's more important to focus on what the team needs to learn, and in the end, we did more of 100 laps, so it's a good day. »