After two seasons as a starter with Sauber, the young Mexican found himself forced to seek a fallback solution when the Swiss team brought in Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr.<\/p>\n
But he managed to bounce back within the Scuderia, which brought him in as a reserve driver. This necessarily changed his view of F1, moving from a private team to the most famous Formula 1 team: \u00ab It makes a big difference. Being at Ferrari is very demanding. There are a lot of experienced people, superb facilities.<\/i> \u00bb<\/p>\n
The facilities at Maranello obviously meet the success requirements set by the team. Esteban Gutierrez can therefore also benefit: “It’s one of the main advantages I have. I spend a lot of time in Maranello. I can go to the simulator once or twice a week, there’s the gym, my physical trainer is also there. I have an office there. Having everything in the same place is great for the state of mind, for preparation.”<\/p>\n
As a reserve driver, he is also able to be present at all the season’s races. He is thus very close to two world champions, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen: \u00ab I can attend all the meetings with the engineers and the drivers. I therefore have access to all the data. I also have the time to analyze the trajectories that other drivers take, and I can discuss it with Sebastian and Kimi if I see that they could gain an advantage from it.<\/i> \u00bb<\/p>\n
The division of roles with Jean-Eric Vergne, the other test driver for Scuderia, is quite clear: if the Mexican is present at the Grand Prix, the Frenchman does a lot more simulator work, especially during race weekends, to directly test possible developments in a very short period of time.<\/p>\n
The question of his future is obviously raised, especially since he is one of the obvious candidates to join the future American team, Haas, which has a privileged technical partnership with Scuderia: \u00ab It’s very flattering to be a possible candidate, but at the moment, I am fully invested at Ferrari. Ferrari is supporting me a lot to get back into racing. So we’ll see how it goes.<\/i> \u00bb<\/p>\n
F1 clearly remains his priority and he is not yet turning to other disciplines, such as endurance or Formula E: \u00ab F1 is my passion. I built this project to be at the top. So if it’s not the top, I might consider a radical change in my life. But we’re not there yet. <\/i>\u00bb<\/p>\n
From our special correspondent in Spa-Francorchamps<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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