Gasly season start 'probably my best in F1'
Gasly season start 'probably my best in F1'
Pierre Gasly has declared the current Formula 1 campaign his "best start to a season" in the sport.
After 11 races, Gasly has 50 points and sits eighth in the championship. Both of these statistics the Frenchman has bettered in his three previous full seasons in the sport.
In 2019 and '20, Gasly scored 55 and 53 points respectively and in the former, whilst racing with Red Bull, he was sixth in the championship at this stage.
For the Frenchman, however, his efforts this season are his best to date.
“I think it is probably the best start of the season I have ever had in Formula 1," explained Gasly.
"I think it was really successful. I obviously managed to take care of one podium in Baku already this year which was the highlight of these first races I think.
“We have had great Saturdays, great qualifying putting the car in Q3 for most of the races and this was a great achievement.
“I think on Sundays, we started not as great and I think we have made progress and managed to fight some pretty fast cars, sometimes the McLarens, sometimes the Ferraris."
Adding further enjoyment to his efforts is the championship fight for fifth, a position Gasly reflected the team has never achieved. “We can see our battle in the championship shaping up race after race with Aston [Martin] and Alpine," he added.
“We are fighting for fifth position in the constructors’ championship which is something that has never happened for the team so it shows we are having a good year and it is one of my personal targets to bring this fifth position to these guys.
“This will be a first and I must say it is a pretty exciting season so far for us.”
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- Sergio Pérez
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- Alexander Albon
- Logan Sargeant
- Lewis Hamilton
- George Russell
- Nico Hülkenberg
- Kevin Magnussen
- Fernando Alonso
- Lance Stroll
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- Zhou Guanyu
- Daniel Ricciardo
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- Gulf Air Grand Prix of Bahrain 2024
- Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Australia 2024
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- Grand Prix of China 2024
- Miami Grand Prix 2024
- Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2024
- Grand Prix of Monaco 2024
- Grand Prix du Canada 2024
- Gran Premio de España 2024
- Grand Prix of Austria 2024
- Grand Prix of Great Britain 2024
- Grand Prix of Hungary 2024
- Grand Prix of Belgium 2024
- Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2024
- Grand Prix of Italy 2024
- Grand Prix of Azerbaijan 2024
- Grand Prix of Singapore 2024
- Grand Prix of the United States 2024
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