“To be trustworthy, I haven’t actually struggled with the stress in any respect,” Doohan stated within the build-up to the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“For certain, there have been a few cases like in Australia and Japan which you would doubtlessly say that they could possibly be pressure-related, however in all honesty, being absolutely open, they each weren’t. And the staff have performed an ideal and superb job as properly to actually take that away, particularly internally, which has been good.
“For me, I do know the uncooked tempo has been there because the begin, in order that’s additionally an internal confidence that I can take with me, to know that as a lot as there may be all the time going to be stress and presence, to know that it wasn’t attending to me.”
Doohan is one in all 4 drivers but to attain a degree this season, alongside Fernando Alonso, Liam Lawson and Gabriel Bortoleto. He completed a season-best thirteenth place in China, however has incessantly proven tempo similar to staff mate Pierre Gasly.
In Jeddah, following a P17 end in Qualifying, the Australian would end the race in the identical place he began and, going forwards, has focused an enchancment to his single-lap tempo.
