Pierre Gasly has revealed that he asked for a more experienced race engineer during his time at Red Bull but, unlike Alex Albon, didn’t get one.

Even though Albon has been close to a couple of Formula 1 podiums, his lack of pace compared to team-mate Max Verstappen so far this season is drawing parallels to Gasly’s ill-fated spell with the Red Bull senior team.

The Frenchman was demoted halfway through the 2019 season back to Toro Rosso (now AlphaTauri) and, to try and guide Albon away from the same path, he has been given a more experience race engineer in the form of Simon Rennie, who had previously worked with Daniel Ricciardo.