Revenge is a dish best served on a hot Monza afternoon. A day after being “robbed” (his words, to Canal+) of his Monaco Formula 1 podium, Pierre Gasly claimed his first career pole at the track where he registered his sensational maiden victory in 2020.
It wasn’t just a case of beating George Russell by 0.060s on a day when Mercedes only had one car in the mix for pole, owing to Kimi Antonelli’s grid penalty for adding a new power unit to the pool.
Gasly also saw off cars that might not have been outright pole contenders, but which have made his Alpine A526 at best a fringe player for top-10 finishes over the ba
