Watching on as his former team-mate Yuki Tsunoda struggles at Red Bull, Pierre Gasly knows what’s going on, he just “can’t” say it.
Six years on from Gasly’s own struggles at Red Bull, which saw him dropped after 12 races, Tsunoda is the latest recruit finding life at Red Bull more difficult than expected.
Pierre Gasly: I know some stuff that can’t be said
Six years ago, Max Verstappen said farewell to Daniel Ricciardo when the Honey Badger left for Renault and Red Bull, caught on the back foot by his departure, brought in junior driver Gasly .
The Frenchman crashed during pre-season testing and was on the back foot after that, not helped by Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko’s public criticism.
He was dropped by the team back to AlphaTauri, as Red Bull’s second team was known