During the first practice, Pierre Gasly raced around Azerbaijan Grand Prix to claim ninth position, doing 25 laps; In second practice, he did 26 laps reaching sixth position, just behind Scuderia Ferrari‘s Carlos Sainz Jr, beating AMG Mercedes Petronas Formula One team’s George Russell by 233 milliseconds.
Gasly was very unlucky to not get in the points at the Monaco Grand Prix, coming in eleventh place. But he hopes to get into points at Baku City Circuit this weekend, having talked about being comfortable in his car and on the track.
“I’ve really enjoyed it. It’s a really fun track to drive and, being a street circuit the adrenalin is much higher, as you’re really driving at the limit. The car feels good around here and I felt really comfortable inside the car in both FP1 and FP2, so at this point there are a lot of positives.
“We know the battle is on Saturday afternoon, once everyone turns their engines up and finds that extra bit of pace, so we need to go away and find something more tonight. Looking at our performance so far I think it’s going to be good”, Gasly said.
“I think the whole day has run smoothly for us” – Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda had a very solid day during practice yesterday, finishing first practice in seventh position and second practice in eighth. Being the youngest person on the team, Yuki has a lot to prove to the Red Bull team but he’s confident that this race will continue his good streak.
“We’re quite happy with what we’ve managed to complete and with the performance of the car so far. We’ve gathered a lot of important data over the two sessions today, so we’ll go away and analyse this with the engineers tonight. “
We’ve been consistently in the top 10 and we’re looking strong within the midfield battle, so hopefully we can continue like this tomorrow”, he added.
