“We are still talking about Formula 1,” said Marko in conversation with the Russian branch of Motorsport.com. “Do you know how many thousands of drivers dream of a place on this grid? Gasly (he took the Frenchman as an example, ed.) Still earns a lot of money and drives in the best championship in the world. I think you should speak of a new one opportunity, instead of talking about ‘degradation’.
Gasly, by the way, largely owed that ‘new opportunity’ to himself. He took a wrong approach to the internal team struggle with Verstappen, according to the Austrian: “He had only one goal in mind and that was Verstappen. If he had accepted that Max would be faster in the beginning, he could have crawled towards him step by step. Now he adjusted his entire working method, so that the adventure ended in failure. “
That Gasly would then again perform well at Toro Rosso came as a surprise for Marko, he admits: “I would lie if I would state the opposite, but while Daniil Kvyat (who was put back in 2016 in favor of Max Verstappen, ed. .) was in the bag and ashes, Gasly sparkled as usual. That was of course very nice for him, but certainly also for us. “
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