Pierre Gasly: “It’s nice to be again in Monaco. It is undoubtedly one of many highlights of the yr and I do love driving right here.
“I might say Free Follow 1 was a lot better for us than Free Follow 2. We settled into a pleasant rhythm immediately and ended the session in eighth place. Others appeared to make an even bigger step in efficiency within the second session so there are some query marks on our facet. We had clear laps however we simply appeared to lack tempo. As of now, we’re on the backfoot in comparison with these round us. We’ve got some work to do in a single day and we have to discover some efficiency to place ourselves into the battle. I do know we will do it and I’m wanting ahead to top-of-the-line Qualifying classes of the yr tomorrow.”
Franco Colapinto: “It was good to expertise Monaco in a System One automobile at present for the primary time. The circuit has its distinctive challenges and requires a whole lot of confidence as a driver to place in a powerful lap. We’ve got used the day to construct up my confidence within the automobile over the course of the 2 classes and I really feel we’re in place in that regard going into tomorrow. We had a few constructive lengthy runs, however we confronted a whole lot of site visitors and a Purple Flag in Free Follow 2, which made the second session fairly difficult to handle. We’re barely off the tempo, and we have to work tonight to grasp the place we will extract extra from each automobiles, particularly contemplating the necessary function Qualifying will play this weekend. Pierre and I’ll work with the workforce to debrief from the day and goal to come back again stronger tomorrow.”
