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Gasly: 'Mega car but time lost on the straights is crazy'

Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly believes the lack of grunt of his Honda engine down Silverstone's straights has taken away the gains achieved by the STR13 handling qualities. Gasly's car was the single Toro Rosso to run in qualifying on Saturday after a suspension failure and massive crash sidelined Brendon Hartley for the session. The Frenchman underlined his car's performance but lamented its lack of straight-line speed, pinning its deficit on its Honda engine. Silverstone Speed Trap: who is the fastest of them all? "The car was mega, but with the long straights at the moment it’s crazy how much time we lose," he said. "We knew that on a track like this, with Turn 1 and 9...
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