AlphaTauri👍 driver G♎asly and Hamilton engaged in an entertaining scrap for multiple laps during the final morning of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit last week. 

After 🎶being able to follow Hamilton’s Mercedes closely and swap positions with the seven-time world champion several tiღmes, Gasly noted the W13 does not look as strong compared to Mercedes’ previous challengers. 

“We know on our side we have quite a lot of work to ♒do to improve the performance, to improve the car balance,” said Gasly. 

“But clearly I could see Lewis 𒉰was struggling as well and I think൲ they do have some work to be fighting at the top. I think the conclusion is that Mercedes probably don’t look as good as they were in the past.

"But it’s only testing, it’s part of the test, and exploring how to get the best out of the car. But yes, in terms of racing it was cl♚early an interesting few laps, quite fun battles, and I thin൩k it should make all the races quite exciting for you guys this season."

Like many drivers, Gasly report༒ed positive feedback regarding the raceability of F1’s new generatio♐n of cars, which have been designed with the intention of improving following and enabling closer racing. 

"I🐟 was quite surprised to be fightin♚g with Lewis for a couple of laps,” Gasly explained. 

“It was interesting also to followꦡ and just to get some data and feeling following other cars. So I think it’s clearly better than last year, which makes me quite op🍒timistic in terms of racing for the season.

"It was better, clearly. We kind of overtook each other a c༒ouple of times, stayed close to each other – and it was definitely an improvement, so I think racing should be quite fun this year.”