‘I thought we would end up in the harbour’ - Gasly on Vettel F1 Monaco GP battle
Vettel was able to leapfrog Lewis Hamilton and Gasly as Aston Martin pulled off a successful overcut strategy, but the four-time world champion had to complete the pass on the AlphaTauri on track꧂.
The pair ran side-by-side 🎃up Beau Rivage after Vettel emerged alongside Gasly coming out of the pits, with the German holding firm on the outside to sneak into fifth.
Gasly, who went on to take h🧔🐬is best result of 2021 so far behind Vettel in sixth, said it was “hard” but ultimately fair racing.
“We literally came out side-by-side up the hill and he ဣmanaged to get on top of us,” Gasly told Sky Sports F1.
“It was ver༒y close. I tried first the overtake button to boost everything I had but for some reason it didn’t give me the edge on him.
— Formula 1 (@F1)Vettel ack🐓nowledged it was “very tight” to get th💃e move completed while avoiding a collision with Gasly.
“It was very, very tight with Pierre cominꦫg out,” Vettel explained.
“Up the hill I didn’t see him initially. I knew he was there but not exactlyဣ where and it was drag race up the hill. It’s not straight and I gave him room and eventually he had to back out of it.
“I also didn’t have that much room because there is a lot of pick up off linღe, plus on fresh tyres, you still that silicone top that you need to get rid off, so yeah it was tight but it wor꧟ked.”
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