In the round-up: Pierre Gasly says hopes AlphaTauri will have their first “clean weekend” of the season in Barcelona.
In brief
Gasly hoping for AlphaTauri’s first “clean weekend” of the season in Spain
AlphaTauri are currently seventh in the constructors’ championship with 16 points but have not brought significant upgrades to the AT03 for this weekend’s race. Gasly says he is more concerned about the team enjoying a trouble-free weekend than a lack of updates compared to their rivals.
“I haven’t really read so much about which team is bringing what,” Gasly says. “It’s more like trying to look at ourselves over the last few weekends – what went well, what went wrong. How can we just maximise because I feel like so far in this season we haven’t really had a clean weekend.
“For various reasons we never really managed to just get a clean qualifying, clean race, no issues and maximise the points at the end of the day, which is what we’ve got to do. In the midfield, we’ve got six cars which are able to finish between seventh and tenth, so it’s quite difficult, but at the same time it’s a good challenge and it just puts more pressure on ourselves to deliver at a higher level.
“Like last year, even sometimes we’d perform at 98-99 percent of our potential and still be there. This year, I don’t feel we’ve got that buffer compared to last year. We just need to be excellent every single time, especially if we want to score the points.”
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