From chess to battle for pole, Gasly has Russell covered at Monza
Pierre Gasly delivered the biggest surprise pole position in F1 for years in Italy as the leading contenders had scrappy qualifying sessions.
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"I must say before the quali, I felt pretty confident, because I was picking piece by piece after piece."
— Pierre Gasly , Athlete
"He beat me there, and I thought, 'Well, I think I'll beat you in qualifying,' and here we are, he's ahead of me again."
— George Russell , Athlete
"Monza is a bit of unique track as we know. It definitely exceeded all our expectations."
— Pierre Gasly , Athlete
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Pierre Gasly delivered the biggest surprise pole position in F1 for years in Italy as the leading contenders had scrappy qualifying sessions.
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