Pierre Gasly is worried about the upcoming US GP, saying that the bumps on the track could make for a very complicated weekend.
The race will be held at COTA, a track that has recently come under fire. MotoGP riders pointed out that it was not ideal for racing, but the race is set to proceed.
The track is vastly uneven and the Austin soil makes it difficult to race on. The complaints this year were massive, and some riders were on the verge of boycotting the race.
Gasly is also worried about the US GP, and said that F1 could be looking at a very complicated weekend.
“I’ve not yet had any great races in Austin, the best I did was 10th the last time we were there,” the Frenchman said, as quoted by f1i.com.
“In terms of driving, the track is really exciting, very fast and I particularly like the first sector which resembles Suzuka a bit. After that, the second sector is a bit slower and more technical.
“Overall, it’s very interesting, although I think it could be quite complicated this weekend. Having watched MotoGP a few weeks back, the bumps which were already pretty bad last time we raced there, seem even more severe now.
“It will require some sort of compromise on set-up, but we won’t really know until we get there,” he concluded.
Solution
F1 Race Director Michael Masi had the matter looked into, and addressed the measures being taken by the FIA to ensure the safety of their drivers.
“The areas that were raised by the bikes are different areas to those that were resurfaced,” Masi said.
“And Tony Cotman, who’s one of the FIA platinum circuit inspectors, has been out to Austin already during the week, and done a report. And the circuit doing some changes for us to sort of address some of the concerns.
“They’ll grind some bumps and so forth. But we’ve got some time to do it. So they’ll do what they can within the timeframe,” he concluded.
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