Extraordinary Gasly at Monza
Pierre Gasly and Alpine caused an upset. Max Verstappen complicated life for the Mercedes ‘train’ formed by Antonelli who pulled Russell, Gasly was second to last in the group with perfectly ‘open’ air from the cars ahead of him and he secured a legendary pole position beating Russell by 60 thousandths.
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Flavio Briatore commented on this feat to the microphones of Sky emphasizing that it is a result that represents a very important injection of confidence for the entire Enstone team.
“I told Sanchez that we were missing a tenth and that we would get pole position – Briatore’s words – we did a great job with the slipstreams, Pierre did a great job as did Franco, we were there throughout the session, we knew we were competitive.”
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“The dream for tomorrow? to win, being among the top 3-4 is within our reach – added Briatore – when you have a team building you up, a result like this is really a boost of confidence for everyone. It means we are getting good, it means we can come back forward and work more calmly.”
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