Gasly in great form: “The job was done” with 4th place in Mexico

We had to wait until the 70th lap to briefly see the onboard camera of Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri) during the broadcast of the Grand Prix of Mexico (Mexico) this Sunday, November 7. The Frenchman, however, made every effort to put himself to his advantage, which he accomplished remarkably throughout the entire event.

However, the Norman had a calm race, too much for the taste of TV management. Starting fifth, he benefited from the touch between Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) For glean a position in the first turn…and that’s it.

“Maybe I’ll go for a run to let off some steam!” It’s true that it was, in terms of performance, an incredible race”, he joked at the Canal+ microphone a few moments after arrival.

G4SLY!!! 👏

the cleanest of races, the smoothest of operations, what. a drive!! ⛽️ 💪 pic.twitter.com/psEi2rC4rX

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" I had the race under control from the first to the last lap. I felt really good since the free practice sessions. Yesterday (SATURDAY) we confirmed, today everything went well, there were no problems. Everything was under control. It was a perfect weekend. It was only the brake temperature (to monitor) when I returned in the wake of the latecomers. A 4th place, we can be very happy with that. »

Le porteur du numéro 10 n’a jamais été inquiété par les Ferrari de Charles Leclerc et Carlos Sainz Jr, who subsequently swapped positions in a desperate quest to make up the ten-second payout. And like the Red Bull et Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) were a notch above, Pierre Gasly was relatively “quiet”.

“It's crazy, sometimes we fight like lions to get the 10th place point, and ultimately, it's not that complicated to achieve a good result! We couldn't have aimed better today. The job was done. Now we will focus on the next races car the battle with Alpine is tight. »

This is the main concern of the Rouennais. Thanks to the 12 points scored, AlphaTauri is now tied with the French team. However, Alpine keeps fifth position at the last minute thanks to the victory ofEsteban Ocon in Hungary this summer.

Find out in the next AUTOhebdo, en vente lundi soir en version numérique et mercredi en kiosques, l’analyse du GP de Mexico par nos reporters F1.