Pierre Gasly can never stand accused of taking a ‘glass half-empty’ stance about his first half of this Formula 1 season.

But if the AlphaTauri driver had been more negative, nobody could have blamed him for that either.

“I think it was probably the best start to the season I’ve ever had in F1,” said the Frenchman. “It was really successful. We’ve managed to secure one podium in Baku already this year, which was the highlight.

“We’ve had great Saturdays, great qualifying, putting the car in Q3 for most races and this is a great achievement.

“I think on Sundays it started not as great, but we’ve managed to make some progress and managed to fight some pretty fast cars – sometimes the McLaren, sometimes the Ferrari.

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