It's felt like Pierre Gasly has been on borrowed time at Red Bull since the season began, but surely the French GP has sealed his fate despite Helmut Marko's reassurances. The team said his call-up this season came earlier than planned, so sure they wouldn't have expected him to challenge Max Verstappen from the start like Charles Leclerc has done to Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari, but at the Circuit Paul Ricard, he couldn't even beat the midfield runners. Qualifying was a disaster for Gasly. Mercedes, Ferrari, Verstappen and even McLaren had the pace to clear Q2 on the slower medium tyres – the red-walled softs were just burning up too quick in the sweltering heat, meaning starting on...
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