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Pierre Gasly believes he's "going in the right direction" at Red Bull
Pierre Gasly believes that he has made significant progress and that he is feeling more comfortable in the Red Bull car. The Frenchman has had a relatively slow start to his time at the top team but will be encouraged by his performance in Baku. Unfortunately, his weekend was ruined by penalties and a retirement in the race but it was clear that he was driving fast.
“This weekend has been a lot better than the first three races,” said Gasly to thecheckeredflag. “I felt better with the car and I’ve been able to drive more the way I want to.
“In qualifying, I managed to show some good performance with a good lap in Q1. In the race, starting from the pit lane, we knew it would be tricky to fight at the front but we had a car fast enough to come back and score good points.
"Things in the race went pretty well and we got to P6 but unfortunately, we didn’t make it to the end as I had a driveshaft failure.”
Gasly has improved every race weekend after a bad performance in Australia and will hope that he can continue to progress.
“Overall, I’m adapting myself and we’re going in the right direction,” said the Frenchman. “I think the car’s a bit more predictable and I’ve changed my approach in the car too.
“I still need to work on some things but each weekend it’s improving and together with the Team, we’re going in the right direction.”