News Details

Pierre Gasly rues engine setting issue, strategy error, amid regression

Pierre Gasly pinpointed an engine calibration issue and the wrong strategy as cause for Toro Rosso’s regression in race trim at the Japanese Grand Prix. Gasly lined up from seventh position, with team-mate Brendon Hartley sixth, on Honda’s home territory. Gasly remained within sight of midfield leader Romain Grosjean early on but was undercut by both Force India drivers, before being passed by Carlos Sainz Jr., and dropped out of the top 10, as he ran a Supersoft/Soft approach. Gasly was also stymied by an engine calibration issue that Toro Rosso was not permitted to adjust, due to the car being in parc ferme conditions post-qualifying. “In quali I had some calibration...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Honda: Engine update marks 'big improvement'

Honda chief Toyoharu Tanabe described the engine update it is running at...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Ricciardo: Run of poor reliability getting ‘pretty...

Daniel Ricciardo admits his current run of poor reliability is “pretty...
6y ago from Crash.net

Overheating brakes led to double STR exit in Russian GP

Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly were forced to retire...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Pierre Gasly eyes midfield win on Honda's home turf

Pierre Gasly believes Toro Rosso has the potential to lead the midfield...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fabio Quartararo tops the timesheets in final MotoGP...

Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo stunned his home crowd as he topped the final...
53m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez dominates timed MotoGP practice in Le Mans

Ducati's Marc Marquez set a new all-time lap record as he dominated the...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar IMS GP – Qualifying Results

The third session of Friday’s marathon day on track for IndyCar was a...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Alex Palou blasts away to earn IndyCar pole at...

Friday afternoon on the Indianapolis road course was reserved for an...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Palou quickest in practice as IndyCar begins stint at...

The NTT IndyCar Series began the Indianapolis GP weekend with a chilly...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal rival Aston Villa & Newcastle for superb...

Arsenal are reportedly among the Premier League clubs eyeing up a...
53m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal beat Liverpool and Real Madrid to 25-year-old...

Arsenal have reached an agreement with Real Sociedad midfielder Martin...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal transfer news: 'Verbal agreement' reached over...

Arsenal reportedly reach a verbal agreement over their first summer...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

This team wins the lot: Arsenal's potential XI for...

There's been a significant update on Arsenal's transfer plans for the...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.