FORMULA FOR SUCCESS

IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW exactly what effect the suffocating, carbon-to-diamond-crushing pressure of Formula One will have on you until you experience it for yourself.

You might have seen Aussie F1 ace Daniel Ricciardo stomping around pre-race, headphones glued to his ears pumping a thrashy metalcore song from favourite band Killswitch Engage, his trademark ear-to-ear grin suddenly wiped from his face as he gets into the zone.

Or you might have seen Dutch flyer Max Verstappen in race-prep mode, head down and deep in conversation with his lead engineer, taking a final microscope to his car’s strengths and weaknesses and nailing down any last-minute strategy changes.

But you probably won’t have seen rising star Pierre Gasly do much of anything before a race. In fact, it’d be more than a little bit creepy if you had seen him.

Not because the French wheelman doesn’t have his own