Pierre Gasly says a flawless pre-season Formula 1 testing programme at the start of Toro Rosso’s new partnership with Honda has resorted a feel-good factor for the Japanese manufacturer. Gasly produced a trouble-free 169 laps in the Toro Rosso Honda STR13 on his final day of pre-season testing at Circuit de Catalunya and had enough time in hand to target a qualifying simulation in the final hour of track action. The French driver’s 1m 18.363s using the ultrasoft Pirelli tyres secured third place on the final timesheet just over a second off of Sebastain Vettel's new lap record at the Spanish circuit for Ferrari. Gasly says the mood in the Italian team camp is rising with every day of...
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