Vergne: We are a little too slow

Jean-Eric Vergne made his first laps on the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal. During the day's two free practice sessions, the Frenchman was ahead of his teammate Daniel Ricciardo but he believes that there is a lot of work to be done to improve the performance of the STR7.

Published on 08/06/2012 à 22:48

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For this great first in Canada, Jean-Eric Vergne completed 69 laps, the best of which was recorded in 1'17"124, the 19th best performance of the day. Even if the time shows a certain lack of competitiveness, the 2011 Formula vice-champion Renault 3.5 thinks its car has better potential on long stints.

« The day went well, because even though there were two red flags and a few drops of rain, we were able to complete the entire program, doing a lot of laps, comments Jean-Eric Vergne. But right now we're a little too slow and have to work through the night to find speed in the data. On the long runs we seemed to be better than on the short runs. For the track, I enjoyed my first ride and it's really difficult and exciting. »