F1 star Pierre Gasly left horrified after ‘running over RABBIT' during Imola Grand Prix practice
FORMULA ONE star Pierre Gasly suffered damage to his Alpine F1 car after hitting a RABBIT during first practice at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The Frenchman was the shock package of Friday practice at Imola as he backed up his sixth-quickest time from FP1.
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Pierre Gasly suffered damage to his Alpine F1 car after hitting a rabbit
He ended the day with the third-fastest time in FP2, just 0.276s behind McLaren's
But Gasly suffered a bizarre setback in the first practice session when he accidentally hit a rabbit - which caused damage to the front wing and floor of his Alpine.
He said: 'Very sadly, I couldn't tell if it was a small cat or a big rabbit - it turned out it was a big rabbit - just jumping across the track.
'I couldn't avoid it so I had quite a big impact on the front wing, which, unfortunately that was it for the rabbit and for the front wing it was not ideal.
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'Not the end of the session we wanted.'
Asked how much damage was done, Gasly replied: 'I must say it's quite unfortunate.
"Obviously we always try to look after our parts and do the best job we can, so when such things happen it's not great.
'Quite a bit of damage on the front wing and the floor but the guys managed to do great work to repair it.
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"But I think we could have done without it.'
Despite the sad rabbit strike, it was the "best Friday of the year" for Gasly, who was a surprise third, ahead of
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He said: 'It's been a very, very good Friday. From the first lap, I could tell the car was in a much better place than in Miami.
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'I'm glad we managed to answer some of the question marks we had after the last race. Very pleased with the feeling in the car.
'The car reacts the way I want and I'm really able to be at the limit and push it to the maximum, so it's a nice feeling and the performance is there.
'We know from Friday to Saturday others usually keep a bit more in the pocket but I think it's quite fair to say it's probably been the best Friday of the year.'
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Frenchman Gasly races for Alpine
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