Why Alpine is bullish about winning the Italian GP after Pierre Gasly’s shock pole
Going into the Italian Grand Prix, of all the storylines and narratives being composed, absolutely none of them involved Pierre Gasly and Alpine. That’s not dismissive of the French driver or the Enstone team, but Ferrari competing on home soil with a decent chance of victory and an Italian in Kimi Antonelli leading the championship was always going to take every column inch available this ...…
Pierre Gasly secured a surprise pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, his first in his career, at Monza. He achieved this with a lap time of 1 minute 21.786 seconds, beating George Russell of Mercedes by 0.060 seconds, with Oscar Piastri of McLaren third, 0.180 seconds behind.
Gasly, a 30-year-old French driver for Alpine, expressed his delight at the achievement, stating it was "amazing" and "something special" for him, especially since his only Grand Prix victory also came at Monza in 2020. According to BBC Sport, before qualifying, Gasly was playing online chess with Russell and won, feeling confident about his chances.
Gasly is the first French driver to take pole position at Monza since Jean Alesi in 1997, and he achieved this after nine years of trying. His pole position was claimed in the final seconds of qualifying, and it came barely 24 hours after it was announced that his third-place finish in Monte Carlo had been taken from him by the FIA's International Court of Appeal.
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