The last day of testing pre-season on the runway Montmeló saw theAlphaTauri protagonist of one of the five red flags of the morning due to Pierre Gasly’s exit from the track at Turn-5. The damage reported by the AT03 prevented Yuki Tsunoda from taking to the track in the afternoon in the session that began with the wet track to allow Pirelli to collect important data with intermediate and wet tires.
Gasly explained that locking the front left in braking brought him hopelessly into the gravel. Already in Abu Dhabi, the pilots understood that with the new 18-inch tires the risk of blocking the tires has increased compared to the tires used until 2021. “It was a productive test – commented the French driver – and I think it was also very interesting for everyone to be able to see how these new cars perform on the track. From each lap we learned a little more about our car, and also in terms of driving I was able to understand how to work to get the most out of it. I think it went well. Obviously, we cannot take into consideration any kind of performance at the moment and, therefore, for this test I focused on myself in order to be able to give good feedback to the engineers and put the team in a position to understand what the car needs from the point of view. of the pilot to find more performance. These cars drive very differently: first of all visually, but also the way in which you arrive under braking and enter corners is different. I have tried many things and I have honed my driving to work with balance, it’s all part of the learning process. Unfortunately, in the run on Friday morning I made a lock and I damaged the car, but the tests are used to find the limits and we still managed to collect a lot of valuable data over the three days. Of course this is only the first test and we have a lot of things to analyze before the other three days of testing in Bahrain ”.
Different speech regarding Tsunodaleft on foot yesterday, but with an equally positive feeling about the last few days: “These three days of testing in Barcelona have been very productive and we learned so much about the new car – he added – I was thrilled to be driving again after Abu Dhabi, especially knowing we had a totally new car – I really enjoyed discovering the AT03. There is still a lot of work to do in view of the next test in Bahrain: as far as I’m concerned, I have to adapt my driving style a little bit to this new car, but overall it was a really positive test. Too bad we couldn’t run yesterday afternoon, but these things can happen in tests. There are still three days of testing in Bahrain that separate us from the first race, so we have to prepare as best we can to be able to start the season well ”.
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