Pierre Gasly believes his qualifying heroics in Bahrain -- where he earned himself a career-best fifth position on the grid for Sunday's race -- showed how well Toro Rosso is working with new engine supplier Honda.
Toro Rosso took Honda's engine supply for 2018 after the Japanese company was dumped by McLaren at the end of last season. The team endured a difficult start to the year, with Gasly retiring with engine trouble in Australia, forcing both cars forced to take new components for Bahrain.
However Gasly starred in qualifying, progressing through to the top-ten shootout and then finishing as 'best of the rest' in Q3.