14 April, 2021
Pierre Gasly is keen to make up for the disappointment of finishing outside the points at the Bahrain Grand Prix with a strong performance at Imola this weekend.
Gasly put his AlphaTauri fifth on the grid in Bahrain ahead of both McLaren cars and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz.
Having looked among the strongest of the midfield throughout the weekend, a collision with Daniel Ricciardo on lap four put an early end to any hopes of a solid points haul.
The remainder of his Sunday was effectively an additional practice session for the team and driver to try and get a better understanding of the AT02.
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These Are The Best Photos From Formula One s Pre-Season Testing
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This weekend has seen Formula One cars hit the track for the first time in a few months. Not for a race, but for the only three days of testing these machines are going to get this year before they kick off competition. And I don’t know about you, but I’ve been craving a little bit of open-wheel action.
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I’m not going to try to claim that we’re going to learn a lot about 2021 s F1 cars through this test. I know plenty of folks are arguing that, since there aren’t many opportunities for testing this year, no one is going to be sandbagging and we’ll be more likely to see genuine pace through these sessions. I… disagree.
At this point, I think we’re all aware that Formula One is a notoriously elitist sport that costs a lot of money, whether it be from competitors or from race fans. The series has already looked to cut costs for competitors. Now, it’s turning its attention to race fans.
Here s How COVID-19 Affected F1 Drive To Survive Season 3 Jalopnik 1/28/2021
Season 3 of Netflix’s
Formula 1: Drive To Survive documentary series is likely weeks away at this point, and in anticipation. F1 broadcaster Will Buxton has uploaded a video to his personal YouTube channel that sheds light on how the production team was able to make it happen despite restrictions to proximity and travel brought on by the pandemic.
If you’ve never seen
Drive To Survive, perhaps its best quality is the level of access it offers to those notoriously secretive F1 squads, with filming crews embedded into a few of their garages across different race weekends. Obviously, each team’s need to keep a close-knit bubble of personnel to limit outside contact made Netflix’s ability to simply drop in on a given weekend impossible. Rather, as Buxton says, members of the