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The rise of rookie Pierre Gasly

The latest F-1 events have been interesting, but at the moment one of the most talked about topics is the recent signing of French rookie Pierre Gasly. It is interesting to remember that the Renault engine will leave Toro Rosso and go to McLaren - this unexpected exchange that generated numerous speculations saved Honda and at the same time Fernando Alonso.The history of the new French promise in general is interesting can be said with two spectacular results in the Eurocup Renault and GP2 ... But there is something curious in this story that is precisely the old lobby-will be that there was no famous activity of influence by Renault as it was the key factor for the permanence of Honda and Alonso in the main category of the world motorsport.This issue is difficult to solve because no one wants to go out with the frayed image if they confirm this hypothesis. The old game of interest has always been part of the F-1, let's remember a recent case that was the signing of Bottas to replace Nico   Rosberg-the Finnish driver did not go hand in hand to Mercedes-he took with him important sponsors, Is it the famous 'activity of influence' or the lobby itself?A few weeks ago, Rosso's boss Franz Tost tried to soften up the heavy weather that was going on around the house when it was reported in the press that Gasly would replace almost immediately Daniil Kvyat-Tost went so far as to say that Kvyat had not shown his potential and still stressed that the young French promise was featured in GP2 and in the Super Formula-base categories of F-1.Gasly's rise was not motivated by lobbying - everybody knows that Renault 'saved' Honda and Alonso and of course it made its demands to sew this deal that many even came to think would be unfeasible, but at the end of the day they were all surprised by the trip from Honda to Rosso ... Get your conclusions, but this hypothesis has to be analyzed with care.

Kelvin Ayres