F1 news: Pierre Gasly anticipating a ‘relentless’ F1 Hungarian Grand Prix
With points in the two most recent races, Alpine goes to the Hungarian Grand Prix of Formula 1 with a little momentum despite the tenth in the classification of the manufacturers’ championship.
But the driver responsible for these points provides for a “relentless” Hungarian Grand Prix.
Pierre Gasly, who followed his sixth place at the British Grand Prix with a P10 at the Belgian Grand Prix, explained how he was “happy” to leave Spa with a point for the team and how the team can go to Budapest with “confidence”.
“I am happy to leave SPA with a finished point after being able to take advantage of the modifiable conditions again,” said Gasly in the team’s media overview. “The race was intense, in particular the opening towers, and we have made good decisions as a team that allowed us to benefit well. It is now two races in a row in the Top 10, so we are heading in Hungary with a certain confidence, and it would be great to continue this before entering the summer break. Hungarring is a very different track, but in a similar way.”
Despite the “relentless” nature of Hungaroring, Gasly thinks that it is one of the “most pleasant circuits” of the F1 calendar.
“I find that it is one of the most pleasant circuits on the calendar and it looks like a kart track with fast corners that follow all of them and short straight lines.” We will continue to aim for the third quarter this weekend and other points end before summer. The team works exceptionally hard and I know that the break will be welcome for everyone. possible result. “
On the other side of the garage, Franco Colapinto, who is still looking for his first points of the season, is “confident” that better results are on the horizon.
“We spent a delicate weekend in the Spa-Francorchamps even if we felt like we take steps forward,” said Colapinto. “I have the impression that we are just on the wrong side of some very small details, which, I am confident, will be very soon. Pierre and the team to finish in the tenth and collect at least one point. »»
COLAPINTO also hopes that his story on the circuit – he finished on the podium in Hungaroring during the 2022 and 2023 F3 seasons – gives him a boost this week.
“We are going to keep your head down and work hard to bring everything together for this weekend in Hungary. I celebrated a few podiums in Hungarring in my junior career and it’s a track and a city I like so I can’t wait to go out on the track,” added the young driver. “As a last race before the summer holidays, we hope to bring positive results for the team before everyone takes a well -deserved time for a few weeks.”
Alpine remains tenth in the ranking of the F1 manufacturers’ championship with 20 points, all of Gasly. They are 15 points behind Haas in ninth place.
But as these teams showed last season, a big race weekend can change everything.
