Not a day without pressure in the Red Bull universe – Gasly

Smiling in the paddock, fast and incisive on the track: have we found the real Pierre Gasly ? The one who convinced Red Bull to promote him in his parent stable in the summer of 2018, before the Austrian grinding machine kicks in. 

Since his demotion at Toro Rosso last summer, the Norman driver scored two points finishes in three races. Gasly also recalled that he had not become cautious when it came time to go to work, as evidenced by his great battles in the peloton to grab 8th place in Singapore. However, this was one of the reasons put forward by the inflexible Helmut Marko to justify the ousting of the Frenchman from Milton Keynes… 

« I don't have an answer to give you, Gasly reacted from Sochi when asked how he explained his newfound fighting skills. There are a lot of things I stopped focusing on. I think we can constantly progress as a driver and I still have areas for improvement. ». 

Would he simply feel more comfortable and less exposed within the small squadra of Faenza? 

« The pressure is similar at Red Bull and Toro Rosso, continued the Rouennais. In this universe, there is not a day without pressure. It’s been the same since I joined the program at 17. You have to learn to deal with it. Afterwards, it is certain that Toro Rosso is a team that I have already known for a year and a half. The culture is a little more Italian, Red Bull works more in the English way. The personalities in the stable are different ». 

Under long-term contract with Red Bull and officially in the running to once again become the teammate of Max Verstappen in 2020, Gasly still remains quite evasive when he talks about his shortened experience with Milton Keynes, even if between the lines we understand that he was perhaps not in the best mood. 

« As a driver, it’s important to arrive at a weekend and know that you will have everything you need to perform, he added. There were some things that could bother me and remained. Afterwards, I could have done certain things better. We all have our responsibilities ». 

If on the evening of the Mexican Grand Prix, the deadline announced by Marko to decide on the identity of the second Red Bull driver in 2020, Alexander albon is preferred to him at Red Bull for next season, Gasly assures him: he will have no regrets. 

« I am 23 years old, I have a long career ahead of me, we have to look more at the medium term “, he concluded

The Thai rookie may be holding the rope, performances like those of Gasly at Marina Bay can only enhance his candidacy.