Gasly goes to Spa with mixed feelings: "Will also be a sad moment"

Just like Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly also has an emotional weekend ahead of him in the Belgian Ardennes. Last year, Anthoine Hubert lost his life on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit during the Formula 2 race and was a very good friend of Gasly.

Busy weeks

"Now we come to Spa, Monza and Mugello together. It will be the third triple-header of the year. We were used to back-to-back pairs of races but this is quite different with nine races in eleven weeks. I think we will feel it a bit, although it is more intense for the engineers and mechanics", Gasly said in a preview of AlphaTauri.

Difficult weekend

Gasly says Spa is his favorite track because of all the high speed corners. The Frenchman has already won GP2 in 2016 and is looking forward to racing through the Ardennes again this year. But it will be a tough weekend mentally for Gasly. "However, this year, returning to Belgium will also be a sad moment, because it is just one year ago that Anthoine lost his life after that terrible accident."

"I had known him since I was seven years old in karting, we were in the same school together organised by the French motorsport federation, from when I was 13 to 19 and we shared an apartment for six years. I think everyone in the paddock will take time to think of him", concludes Gasly.