Gasley - What's gone wrong?

[geeks]

Having watched the guy through GP2 and early F1 career, I like many felt he had an exciting future and when confirmed to go up against Max I was hoping for a better run for him but it just seems to be getting worse.. Leads the question, is he is as good as thought or was Brendon Hartley just that bad that Gasly looked that much better?

Its a shame and I can see a Red Bull switchero coming although I am a fan of Kyvat who I think deserves a chance at redemption in a Red Bull.

Thoughts?

Edited by geeks on Thursday 27th June 14:24

[geeks]

Europa1 said:

You could at least spell the guy's name correctly.

You know what is worse? I actually checked the spelling and still got it wrong

Supersam83 said:

I think another *bad race at their (Red Bull's) home track will likely be the end of him at the main Red Bull team.

*At least 6th place at the minimum

I am inclined to agree, a shame, but Red Bull have to be vicious while they aren't winning races and championships, points hauls are all they care about and if one car is scoring all the points, something has to change.

Andy S15 said:

I think he's in the middle of a perfect storm. He lost confidence right at the start of the year with a big testing crash, this years RB seems a bit of a tricky car to extract the best from and he's up against a generational talent in Max. Add all that together wrapped up nicely with a big dose of pressure, media attention, questioning and strong drivers in the feeder team and he's really in a difficult position.

The lad is absolutely talented, he has proven that, but he needs an environment where he can relax a little and be more natural. That isn't really possible right now.

Last bit is what interests me in your post, he isn't a rookie anymore and is expected to deliver, however the team still need to get behind him and get him ontop of the car but I guess with a junior team they dont actually have to bother with that, you sink or swim?

[geeks]

Not great weekend for him, it has to be time to reinstall the Russian Torpedo surely? Or give Albon the chance he is chomping at the bit for...

Still feel for Gasly I think he is fine driver but the RB outfit doesn't suit him but there isnt anywhere else for him in F1 to find his feet.