Pierre Gasly had high hopes for his Emilia Romagna GP, his team's home race, but the AlphaTauri driver was left holding the bag when a wet tyre gamble went the wrong. The Frenchman's P5 qualifying performance on Saturday at Imola confirmed the strong pace of AlphaTauri's AT02 and augured well for race day, with Gasly seen as a dark horse in the 63-lap event. But team and driver's choice to fit a wet tyre at the start when the bulk of the field opted for mediums was a bold make-or-break strategy. However, a half-dry track that never got worse was not what Gasly had banked on, the track conditions forcing the AlphaTauri charger to swap for inters on lap 14, after which he endured a long...
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