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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...
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