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Just 13 months ago,

star

seemed to decline definitively in Formula 1. After scoring only 63 points in the first 12 races of the World Championship, the French driver was fired from Red Bull and relegated to its Toro Rosso subsidiary.

The public criticisms of

and

, in the eternal search for a squire for

, led to the rise of

.

Yesterday, Gasly crossed the finish line of the Italian GP in first position, while the Thai finished penultimate.

So he couldn't find a way to translate his inconceivable joy into a logical speech: “So much has happened to me in the last 18 months.

I have no words.

The echoes of La Marseillaise reverberated heroically yesterday on the podium in Monza.

It was the first time they sounded since

victory

in the 2008 Japanese GP, at the wheel of a Renault.

And even further back you have to go back for the last triumph of a French driver.

It was

in the rugged Monaco GP of 1996. In the last decade only

had touched the feat, with two second places in the 2012 Canadian GP and the 2013 US GP.

"I can't thank you enough"

However, unlike the wild Haas veteran, Gasly is distinguished by his mental toughness behind the wheel.

“I can't thank everyone from Alpha Tauri to Honda enough.

It is difficult for me to realize what we have achieved, “declared this fervent admirer of

yesterday

, in honor of the person who wears the number 10 on his car.

His pulse with Sainz brought to mind the battles of 2014 yesterday, with both at the controls of a Red Bull in Formula Renault 3.5.

An intense stage of training in tough competition also with

.

That season, Sainz claimed the title at the Jerez Circuit.

Since then, Gasly's figure has crossed his path too many times.

Curiously, the most crucial moment came on November 17 at Interlagos, when Pierre finished second in another race almost as crazy as yesterday.

It was the first podium for both.

As a revenge, the Madrilenian clinched sixth place in the championship with just one point of margin over his persevering opponent.

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The euphoria at Monza raged in the form of tears and hugs for the winner, who had started tenth on the grid and had maintained his poise in the last 10 laps of pure vertigo.

In Alpha Tauri, even the person in charge of the Covid-19 tests left his soul in the celebrations and jumps.

Everyone in there wanted to pay tribute to that boy in whom they had placed a blind trust after his GP2 title in 2016.

Since his debut a year later with Toro Rosso, Gasly had established himself as a future asset for the Faenza team.

There they still remember his fourth place in the Bahrain GP in 2018, when he remedied Alonso with that ironic message on the radio: "We can fight, we can fight."

Last year, despite the painful disappointment at Red Bull, he knew how to navigate against the current.

Unlike

he was not going to allow himself the luxury of despondency.

He remained in the gap, with 32 points in nine races.

And in Monza yesterday he broke the bank.

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