F1 | Hungarian GP | Gasly Felt "Extremely Happy With Today"
Pierre Gasly of Scuderia AlphaTauri felt he had a fantastic drive as he snatched P5 ahead of Sunday's race. He also talks about key takeways from the team of what went well and how to better improve for tomorrow's race.
A fantastic qualifying session from Pierre Gasly today as he snatched P5 and is starting at the top of midfield alongside Red Bull Racing's Sergio Perez ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix.
plenty of options ahead of us for tomorrow’s #HungarianGP! 👊 🇭🇺 pic.twitter.com/dR6dRMvGx6
— Scuderia AlphaTauri (@AlphaTauriF1) July 31, 2021
As qualifying began, Gasly able to secure P5 in the battle of top 15 and advances to Q2 while his teammate, Yuki Tsunoda, misses out and locks in a time of 1:17"919 (P16).
In Q2, Gasly headed out on set of the fresh Soft tyre compounds. Unfortunately, the session was red flagged due to Scuderia Ferrari's Carlos Sainz hitting the barrier. Gasly sits P6 in the battle for top 10. As the session resumed, Gasly was able to put himself in P3 advancing to Q3.
In the top 10 shootout, on his first run, Gasly set P7. On a final run, he was able to better his time to 1:16"483 and secures a P5.
Gasly comments, 'I’m extremely happy with today, it’s a pretty good feeling to be the first car behind Mercedes and Red Bull."
YESSS @PierreGASLY!! P5!! 💪 👏
— Scuderia AlphaTauri (@AlphaTauriF1) July 31, 2021
what. a. LAP! ⛽️ pic.twitter.com/YS6LXx5617
He continues, "We were quite surprised to be ahead of Ferrari, who have been looking really strong, so I’m really pleased with our performance today."
He adds, "It’s not going to be an easy race for us, we know that in terms of race pace some of the cars around us are stronger, but we knew grid positioning would be really important and we’ve put ourselves in the best possible place to fight tomorrow."
He concludes, "I’m really excited for the battle with Charles and Lando, we know it’s hard to overtake here so we’re going to keep our elbows out and try and hold on to fifth position.”
debriefing that mega lap in Quali with @PierreGASLY 🤙 pic.twitter.com/A46txczfTW
— Scuderia AlphaTauri (@AlphaTauriF1) July 31, 2021
