{"id":2391,"date":"2019-11-16T17:39:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T17:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2019-11-16T17:39:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T17:39:26","slug":"gasly-makes-his-intentions-clear-to-verstappen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=2391","title":{"rendered":"Gasly makes his intentions clear to Verstappen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red Bull Racing&#8217;s Pierre Gasly has made clear that he won&#8217;t be racing as a number 2 driver in his first year with the senior bull outfit, although he admits it will take him some time to get up to speed.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old from Rouen was chosen as Daniel Ricciardo&#8217;s successor at Red Bull Racing after a successful formative year with Toro Rosso.<\/p>\n<p>Many believe the Aussie departed the Milton Keynes-based squad because he was surpassed by team mate Max Verstappen in terms of outright speed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n&#8216;Equal&#8217; Gasly will be free to race Verstappen, says Marko\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gasly isn&#8217;t expecting to challenge the Dutchman at the outset, but longer term the Frenchman won&#8217;t be racing to serve Verstappen&#8217;s interests either.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being one of the best drivers right now will be a great challenge for me,&#8221; Gasly told <em>Motorsport-Total<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will take some time for me to be competitive, but I am not here to be the number two driver, that&#8217;s not what I want or what I&#8217;m happy with.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These things take some time, and Max is one of the fastest guys in the paddock, which is super exciting for me, because it brings you to a higher level.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.nrlshops.com\/new-zealand-rugby' title='new zealand rugby team jerseys'>new zealand rugby team jerseys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For sure, I&#8217;ll be better over the course of the season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9WRI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>To fulfill its ambition of returning to championship winning status, Red Bull has opted to drop Renault and partner with Honda for its power unit, a move many see as a risky proposition.<\/p>\n<p>The team can rely however on the outstanding talent of design guru Adrian Newey to produce a competitive chassis that will allow Red Bull&#8217;s drivers to chase down race wins.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I have a car I can win with, I would like to,&#8221; added Gasly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But if I have a car that is only good enough for the top five, that will be the goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><u>Gallery: The beautiful wives and girlfriends of F1 drivers<\/u><\/p>\n<p><em>Keep up to date with all the F1 news via <u>Facebook<\/u> and <u>Twitter<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Bull Racing&#8217;s Pierre Gasly has made clear that he won&#8217;t be racing as a number 2 driver in his first year with the senior bull outfit, although he admits it will take him some time to get up to speed. The 22-year-old from Rouen was chosen as Daniel Ricciardo&#8217;s successor at Red Bull Racing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}