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Gasly struggling to understand why his Red Bull felt different on Saturday
Pierre Gasly is unsure why his Red Bull car felt different on Saturday and Sunday compared with Friday practice. He claims to have lost grip after minor changes overnight and must find out why he lost pace.
Gasly's chances of welcoming a second season at Red Bull look slimmer as each race passes by. Red Bull has confirmed Gasly "will be in the car until the end of the season." A statement was seen by many as another choice of words for saying he'll be a free agent in the winter.
Gasly confirmed he was pleased with the car on Friday having finished in P4 in FP1, and topping the timesheets in a wet second practice. The Frenchman managed to hold on to the top six in qualifying but slipped down to ninth after just one lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
“Things started pretty well during the weekend. Then from FP3 onwards I lost a lot of paces and struggled a lot more with grip in general. Qualifying was difficult. It was the case it wasn’t maximised but we clearly didn’t have the similar pace to fight at the top. And today was again the same. Need to understand exactly why we lost so much pace and struggled that much and come back stronger in Spa," Gasly is quoted by Racefans.net