Gasly suffered💝 a brutal demotion from Red Bull after just half a season in 2019, having struggled to match the performances of then teammate Max Verstappen. 

Despite his career setback, the Frenchman has gone f♔rom strength to strength, claiming a stunning, redemptive maiden victory at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with Red Bull’s junior te♚am AlphaTauri. 

After further starring performances over the following seasons, Gasly left the Red Bull family and sealed a switch to Alpine for 2023 as hಌe looked to carve out a new path to the front of the g♏rid. 

Reflecting on his turbulent journey with Red Bull during F1’s Beyond The Grid podcast, Gasly said: “At the end of the day, when I look back at Red Bull🌠, it was nine and a half years of pure joy - incredible result💟s and fighting for championships before Formula 1. 

“It wasn’t an easy way to Formula 1. I got sent to Japan, which at the time felt like a bit of a punishment going into 🐼Super Formula, and it was one of the most enjoyable and exciting s💧easons I ever had. 

“I absolutely loved it and I feel such a ꩵconnection with Japan now, that every year I wish I could have three or four weeks to spend there because it was an amazing life experience, an amazing championship, a great challenge.

"There was a lot of pressure, but I love that pressure. There was a lot of stress showing up in Japan, not understanding anything, a new car, and I had no idea about the racetracks. But I didn't crumble down. If anything, I got better as a driver.❀ 

“Starting in F1 after, it was a rollercoaster ride from podiums to promotion to the best team in Formula 1. It wa🌞s just quite unfortunate that year, that he car wasn't working as well. It was just unlucky timing, things didn’t work out the best wa🍬y. 

“It definitely made me better as a driver and also as a pe🍨rson.” 

Asked if he understands why it didn🌼’t work out at Red Bull, Gasly simply responded: “100%.”

Although Gasly has never talked to Helmut Marko about how things turned out at Red Bull, he hope𒀰s to have that conversation o🐼ne day.

“I hope one day we get the chance to,” he said. “But I know, deep inside🃏, they’re smart people. It's the way that it was, that wasn't really fair. But that’s the sport and I've le🌠arned as well that this sport is not always fair. 

“I really closed the chapter when I left AlphaTauri and opened a brand-new story with Alpine. I thinkꦛ I've reached a level of experience, skills and mindfulness right now, which thanks to my previous exper💧iences, allows me to be better today than I was yesterday.”