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AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost expects Pierre Gasly to stay with his team, at least for the time being, despite the Frenchman increasing his courage with Red Bull owners after a surprise victory at the Italian Grand Prix. in Monza on Sunday.
The 24-year-old has responded strongly since he was demoted from Red Bull’s main team last year to what was Toro Rosso, the feeder team, in a trade with British-born Thai driver Alexander Albon.
Gasly had a difficult time at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, the team’s clear number one, and Albon didn’t find it much easier.
With the Thai scoring just 48 points so far to Verstappen’s 110, and Gasly contributing all but four of his team’s 47, it has been speculated that Red Bull could trade them again.
Tost indicated to Sky F1 television that it was not something that worried him too much.
“If we lose him, that means the team did a good job, because otherwise they wouldn’t accept it,” said the Austrian.
“I am currently quite optimistic that he will stay with us.”
Gasly feels at home in AlphaTauri, but said that he would be ready to climb again if asked, although it was not something he wanted to contemplate in the joy of victory.
“I think I’m ready, but … it’s not up to me to make that call,” he told reporters in a video conference.
“The only thing I have done since I was transferred back to Toro Rosso has been to focus on myself and show what I can do.
“We’ll see what happens, but I think there have been many, many strong drivers at Toro Rosso … obviously I think good results should be rewarded with something, but we’ll see what happens.”
The only other driver to win for the team was Sebastian Vettel, also at Monza in 2008. The German, now at Ferrari, later moved to Red Bull and won four world championships.
