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MONZA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 06: Race winner Pierre Gasly of France and Scuderia AlphaTauri celebrates on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo di Monza on September 06, 2020 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Luca Bruno – Pool/Getty Images)
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MONZA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 06: Race winner Pierre Gasly of France and Scuderia AlphaTauri celebrates on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo di Monza on September 06, 2020 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Luca Bruno – Pool/Getty Images)
Tim Coronel recently talked about the current AlphaTauri star driver Pierre Gasly. The WTCC racer is of the opinion that Pierre Gasly deserves the Red Bull seat more than Sergio Perez.
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MONZA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 06: Race winner Pierre Gasly of France and Scuderia AlphaTauri celebrates on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo di Monza on September 06, 2020 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
Both Pierre and Perez have driven for the Austrian team already. However, Tim Coronel, the Dutch racing driver, expressed his support towards Gasly who hasn’t had the best of support from Red Bull. Gasly now drives under Red Bull’s sister team AlphaTauri.
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Talking about the Frenchman, Tim conveyed, “I think Pierre Gasly deserved it. Firstly, because he comes from the Red Bull pool and secondly because he has shown that he has matured, his head has become stronger. His self-confidence is back. I would just put him next to it.”
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Formula One F1 – Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan – June 6, 2021 AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly celebrates with team members after finishing in third place Pool via REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Despite having a car much slower than Red Bull or Mercedes, Pierre has shown enough character and talent in 2021. With a stellar performance, the 26-year-old driver has managed to pick 110 points and finished P9 in the driver’s standings.
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Coronel unhappy with current Red Bull man Sergio Perez
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Sergio Perez, on the other hand, is the second Red Bull driver now alongside Max Verstappen. The Mexican has joined the Milton Keynes-based team from Racing Point last season. With 5 podiums, the 32-year-old has managed to pick up decent 190 points and finished P4 behind Max, Lewis, and Valtteri.
Despite this performance, Perez isn’t in the good books of Tim. The 49-year-old Dutchman further stated on Sergio on this, “I expected a lot more from Perez last year, really a lot more. When did he really help? Once at the end of the season year and once somewhere in the middle of the season. Other than that, he’s never been around at all.”
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Formula One F1 – Mexico City Grand Prix – Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico – November 7, 2021 Third placed Red Bull’s Sergio Perez celebrates on the podium REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Pierre Gasly was Max Verstappen’s teammate at Red Bull in 2019. Just after just 12 races, the Frenchman was replaced by Alex Albon as he failed to meet the team’s expectations. Albon continued to be Verstappen’s teammate until the Austrian team signed Sergio Perez last season. Perez has a contract with Red Bull till the end of 2022.
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