Overview
- Gasly says his half-season at Red Bull lacked the tools and backing he needed, describing a team environment focused on Verstappen.
- He recalls starting the 2019 campaign with a race engineer newly arrived from Formula E who had no Formula 1 experience.
- Promoted to replace Daniel Ricciardo for 2019, Gasly was dropped after 12 races without a podium and returned to Toro Rosso as Alex Albon stepped up.
- He rebuilt at Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri, taking a breakthrough victory at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, then exited the Red Bull system for Alpine in 2023.
- Coverage places his remarks in a broader pattern of second-seat instability at Red Bull, from Albon and Sergio Pérez to recent tries with Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda, with Isack Hadjar set for the 2026 drive.