The inside story of Gasly's shock maiden F1 win
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The inside story of Gasly's shock maiden F1 win

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Pierre Gasly's Italian Grand Prix victory will long live in the memory. But the journey to that famous win was one of many parts. AlphaTauri team manager Graham Watson speaks exclusively to AUTOSPORT to give the inside story of that crazy Sunday

In a normal year, the podium at Monza is one of the most special in Formula 1. But even this year, without the fans, the end of race ceremony took on extra special meaning for two men in particular.

The first of course was Pierre Gasly, whose photographs of being sat down trying to take in all the events behind his surprise maiden F1 win have already becoming a defining image of 2020.

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