A huge result for the Alpine driver.
from 12th on the grid and it seemed as if it would be a real fight just to score points.
The third-place finish was only the fourth podium of the 27-year-old’s career, and the first with Alpine whom he joined at the start of this year, with a jubilant Gasly screaming: ‘Let’s f***ing go!’ on his team radio as he took the chequered flag. ‘We had a third place in Spa [Belgium] in the Sprint, it wasn’t exactly like a normal podium and I’m super pleased for all the guys to get that P3.‘I was pretty upset that I got a five second penalty earlier in the race and I was like “OK, now it’s 1-1”, and then, yeah, obviously I tried to push as hard as I could to stay within five seconds, and managed to do it.
After an impressive 2022, Alpine have regressed in 2023, falling behind Aston Martin and McLaren in the pecking order, though they have now picked up two podiums courtesy of Gasly in Zandvoort and Esteban Ocon in Monaco.
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