Pierre Gasly thinks there’s an ‘extremely quick’ driver in Formula 1 who ‘doesn’t get enough credit’

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Pierre Gasly has suggested that AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda doesn’t get enough credit for how quick he is.

Gasly was talking about his time in Formula 1 on the Beyond The Grid Podcast and spoke about his old teammate.

The French driver is 27 now and has his fair share of experience in the sport.

He’s only managed a solitary win from 128 races but has spent much of his career outside of the top teams.

His short spell with Red Bull didn’t go to plan although no driver has managed to get close to Max Verstappen when working alongside him.

Even Sergio Perez, who was brought in by Red Bull because of his incredible form at Racing Point is starting to struggle.

However, Gasly wanted to highlight how quick his old AlphaTauri teammate Yuki Tsunoda really is.

The Japanese driver is normally underestimated and overlooked, especially because of some of the teammates he’s had.

Even now, Daniel Ricciardo has been parachuted into the team following Nyck de Vries’s early exit and is immediately being talked about as a more likely replacement for Perez than the Japanese driver.

Gasly wants people to realise that the 23-year-old is in Formula 1 for a reason.

Gasly hails AlphaTauri driver Tsunoda

Speaking about his old teammate, Gasly said: “It’s important first of all to say, I had this sort of bromance relationship with Yuki [Tsunoda], it doesn’t take anything away from the talent and the speed that he had.

“And I always said it, I think Yuki doesn’t get enough credit and recognition for the speed that he has on Sundays.

“If he’s on these days and he controls his emotion and he controls his eagerness and his language, he can be extremely fast.

“And I think people sort of feel a bit undervaluing what he’s going to bring. But even though we were having fun and had a very good relationship, whenever I was getting ready for a practice, qualifying or a race, I wanted to destroy him.

“Not in a bad way, don’t get me wrong, but I wanted to outperform him every single session.”

Gasly and Tsunoda worked really well at AlphaTauri during their two seasons together and were always a fan-favourite partnership.

The Japanese driver is set to enter his fourth season with the team next year and might be thinking about his future as well.

Gasly has shown that you can leave the Red Bull setup and still succeed in F1, securing a Sprint Race and Sunday podium with Alpine this year.

Red Bull’s sister team could only dream of that sort of success, although Tsunoda has shown over the past few weekends that he’s got some serious pace when given the right car.