Ocon: “Reliable car and flawless operating program” | FP

Day 3 apparently negative

Judging solely by the timesheets at the end of the third and final day of pre-season testing, theAlpine he wouldn't have much to smile about while waiting for the first round of the world championship scheduled for next week again in Sakhir. Gasly, in fact, did not go beyond 15th place, doing slightly better than his teammate Ocon, 17th.

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However, the times are not entirely indicative of the real performance of the single-seater, especially due to the programs pre-established by the teams, which also aim to work on the race pace. Not by chance, Esteban Ocon he is particularly satisfied with the characteristics of his A524, as indicated at the end of his 55 completed laps.

“Overall, it was a productive three-day test for us, probably one of the strongest since I've been a team – he has declared – Since I got in the car, from day one everything has been flawless and operationally solid. The car ran reliably and we were able to complete our test programme. We improved the car and made progress from the first to the last day. But we still have a lot of work to do and it will be interesting now to analyze all the data and understand where we can make improvements. Three days of testing is a short amount of time for a new car, so there is still a lot to learn and extract from our package. I thank all the team members here, in Enstone and in Viry for the long hours of work over the winter. Now it's time to go for a run.”

Gasly unlucky

The overall activity, however, is more complex Gasleyunlucky for the double interruption of the session between Thursday and today just when the Frenchman was on track: “We have done a lot of testing this week and now we have an important week ahead where we will analyze all the data and continue to understand the new car concept – has explained – it is essential to learn about the entire package and understand how to optimize it. For me, it was quite difficult at times, especially because we lost some races both yesterday and today. The red flag was unlucky on the second day, then in the afternoon the wheel rim came off the car and this made us lose a couple of laps at the end. However, the last three days have been a productive test for the team and that is the most important aspect. I can't wait for the first race.”