PRESS RELEASE.
Fabienne Racing has taken note of the journey made by Pierre Gasly, the Alpine driver, between Malaysia and Singapore, completed by car after the Grand Prix at Sepang. The team salutes a logistical choice it has applied since its foundation: at our outfit, the programme travels by road, the Dacia in front, the trailer behind, on the N5 (the main road out of Philippeville).
The driver explained his choice without hedging: “I hate flying, I absolutely hate it. Clearly I chose the wrong job, because every flight takes years off my life. So whenever I can avoid taking a plane, I do.”
“We recognise ourselves in that philosophy,” says the team principal. “Florian has never flown to a race. Philippeville to Mariembourg, our Rotax circuit, is twenty minutes, and we have never lost control of a trailer.”
The team also notes that the trip took under five hours, four and a half by the driver’s own account, and that by his own words he beat Valtteri Bottas, who came by bicycle: “I got there a bit quicker than Valtteri.” Fabienne Racing points out that arriving first is arriving first, whatever the vehicle. “We maximised our package,” adds the team principal, “and our package has four wheels.”
Gabriel Bortoleto having also admitted he does not enjoy flying, the team observes that at least two drivers on the grid share its mobility policy. It remains open to discussions with any team considering a calendar reachable by road from Philippeville.
Your correspondent observes that Malmedy, in the east, can be reached by car too.
About Fabienne Racing: one driver, one kart, one Dacia, one project.
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