Gasly: Red Bull supportive despite disappointing start

Pierre Gasly says Red Bull have been supportive of him throughout his difficult start to life with the team which has seen him never in contention for a podium spot in six races and easily outperformed by Max Verstappen in the same car.

When Daniel Ricciardo surprised the team by announcing his departure to Renault, Gasly was fast-tracked to Red Bull from junior team Toro Rosso.

So far, it hasn’t been easy for the Frenchman, who has crashed in two testing periods as well as being the only driver in the top six yet to claim a podium finish.

Rumours circulated that Red Bull were beginning to become concerned with the results, but Gasly insists they are right behind him.

“Since the beginning of the season I’ve stated there are lots of things that didn’t come my way in the weekend and inside the team we know exactly what’s happening,” he told Motorsport Week.

“Maybe on the outside looking at the result is the only thing you can see but on the inside, we have a lot more information so they [Red Bull management] know things didn’t really come my way, we had a couple of issues there.

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“I think they’re really supportive, trying to give me the best environment I need to perform and keep developing myself.”

However, he recognises that he must improve if he is to keep his place.

“There’s a couple of things that explain sometimes the lack of performance we have, that we know inside the team and there’s no need to really get stressed or worried,” he continued.

“I think I need to stay focused on my job and extracting the best I can with the package I have and this is what I stay focused on at the moment.

“There are surely things I need to improve and adapt to this package but that’s why I’m confident things are going better and better and we’ll be able to extract even more performance in the coming races.”

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