F1 | AlphaTauri, Pierre Gasly flies: “Nice to be competitive again”

Pierre Gasly reconfirms his talent also on Friday in Budapest, on the Hungaroring circuit. The Frenchman tested new components on his AT02, which seem to work well on his car at least – Tsunoda lost a nervous rear end in turn four, heavily damaging his car. In the afternoon, with the very high temperatures of the track, the Frenchman set a fast time very similar to the one set in FP1, but placed himself in sixth position.

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"I'm very satisfied today, especially after the performances at Silverstone, where we struggled a bit – revealed the Frenchman – it's nice to see that we are competitive again. The car seemed good, despite the very high temperatures, we'll see how we go tomorrow. The Alpines look really fast this weekend, we will have to work hard tonight to try to catch them in qualifying. I think it could rain tonight, and also in the morning, we could have different track conditions. The pace of the car seems good, we can be confident for tomorrow".