Within the round-up: Pierre Gasly wasn’t shocked Alpine suffered a poor qualifying session.
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Gasly ‘not shocked’ to qualify final
After he and Alpine staff mate Esteban Ocon certified on the very again row of the grid for at this time’s Bahrain Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly says unhealthy preparation for his remaining Q1 lap did him no favours.
“We knew it was going to be powerful,” he mentioned after being remove slowest. “I feel we noticed it coming, so not a shock.
“On the identical time, it’s not excellent as a result of we didn’t do the perfect job we might at this time. We had been the final vehicles out on monitor on that final run and ran out of time on the out lap and I ended up racing with Checo. The time was working out and it was a really poor out lap. In order that final run was fairly compromised. And I really feel that we might have had a shot at Q2.”
O’Ward indicators McLaren IndyCar extension
IndyCar McLaren driver Pato O’Ward will stay with the staff past 2024 after signing a “multi-year” contract extension.
O’Ward has gained 4 races and achieved 20 podium finishes throughout 5 seasons with the staff. He’ll stay with McLaren till at the very least the top of the 2026 season. O’Ward may even carry out reserve driver duties for McLaren’s F1 staff following the IndyCar season.
“I couldn’t be extra excited to signal this take care of the staff,” O’Ward mentioned. “McLaren has develop into house for me, and I’m proud that I’ll be racing in papaya for a number of extra years at the very least.”
Hulkenberg happy by sturdy qualifying
Reaching Q3 on the first try within the season, Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg says he’s inspired that the staff seem to have retained their relative power in qualifying regardless of focusing most of their pre-season on bettering race tempo.
“On the finish of final 12 months, I nonetheless managed to place it into Q3 a number of instances and we knew from final season qualifying was our power,” Hulkenberg mentioned. “It appears to be like like we’ve not misplaced it, however we have to repair the race day subject from earlier than.
“Clearly, that’s probably the most essential level for us this season, and we just about solely targeted on that in testing, and in addition within the winter to dial-out that attribute that we had final 12 months. It feels higher however tomorrow is the actual take a look at to see if it truly is best, so thrilling instances forward.”
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— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) March 1, 2024
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