With rookie team-mate Yuki Tsunoda learning the ropes in his maiden campaign, Gasly had to do the heavy lifting at AlphaTauri to keep it in the fight for fifth in the constructors’ championship, a battle the team eventually lost to Alpine.
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Gasly has been on an upwards trajectory ever since his demotion from Red Bull to the Faenza squad then known as Toro Rosso halfway through 2019, scoring his maiden win and the team’s first since 2008 at Monza in 2020.
In 2021 Gasly coupled his innate speed to new-found consistency and single lap prowess, qualifying on the front three rows on 16 out of 22 occasions. That allowed him to amass 110 points on his way to ninth in the drivers’ standings.
While his team principal Tost acknowledged Gasly “made a big step forward”, he thinks there is still more potential for the Frenchman to unlock.
“He has fantastic potential, but what’s important is I have still the feeling he can…
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