Gasly: "He was one of the first people I thought of"

Pierre Gasly has had a turbulent period. After one year in Formula One, he was promoted to Red Bull Racing, but his stay there was limited to one season. Then, for Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri, he suddenly scored a podium finish (Brazil, 2019) and a first win (Monza, 2020). Meanwhile, his close friend Anthoine Hubert also died in a Formula 2 accident in Belgium.

"Anthoine, of course he was one of the first people I thought of," Gasly told French Turbo in an interview during the winter break. For the French driver, it was an emotional moment on the podium in Italy. "Of course we think about it all the time, he's like a brother with whom I grew up at school, I did the teenage bullshit, with him I trained five days a week, we went shopping together, we lived in the same flat..."

Gasly had a hard time

The 24-year-old driver has had a lot of trouble dealing with the loss of his generational partner. "We really did many, many things together and it was very, very difficult to lose him like that. We shared the same dream, so I feel the need to succeed for him as well," Gasly said.

Gasly will race for AlphaTauri again next season. Next to him will be Yuki Tsunoda. The talented Japanese driver replaces Daniil Kvyat, whose contract was not renewed by Helmut Marko.