Nico Rosberg gets why Helmut Marko is hesitant to promote Pierre Gasly, questioning if he can handle the pressure of partnering Max Verstappen.

Back in 2019 Gasly was handed a Red Bull race seat, the Frenchman promoted – according to Christian Horner – a year too soon but the team didn’t have much of a choice after Daniel Ricciardo’s shock exit.

12 races later and he was back with Toro Rosso, dropped from the senior team after failing to reach the podium, something Verstappen managed five times in their time together, two of which were race wins.

Instead Red Bull put Alex Albon in the car alongside the Dutchman, although he too wasn’t able to match Verstappen and was dropped from Formula 1 entirely after the 2020 season with Sergio Perez taking his seat.