The inside story of Gasly's shock maiden F1 win
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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After attempting to study engineering, Oleg was thrown out of his Moscow university for spending more time at the racetrack as a junior press officer for the national Lada racing series than attending lectures. His first job as a journalist was at the Soviet Sport newspaper, and in 2011 he moved to Berlin to pursue a freelance career in Formula 1. He joined Motorsport.com in 2015 and became a contributor to GP Racing magazine in 2021. When it's not race week, he plays squash every Wednesday and Sunday and likes to procrastinate by playing chess, with his Elo peaking at 2099 on one of the biggest online chess platforms.
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