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Pierre Gasly has summed up his race thus:

“I think it’s the perfect weekend, because seventh in quali was definitely the best position we could get, and in the race it was the same. The top 6 was out of reach, but at the same time we finished only 7 seconds behind Lewis, which for me is a very positive sign.

“And then 19 seconds in front of Liam, who was P9, so we were clearly more on the better train, in the better group. And then yeah, as we said, it was a pretty intense race. 

“We all know Max is never giving up, and for 28 laps he was just putting a lot of pressure. We were strong in different parts of the lap, so yeah, it just made my life not too easy.

“Every single lap coming into 16, making sure in Turn 1, taking the gaps after the first sector, Turn 11 he was pretty strong, so I had to play a bit smart with my battery whenever I could see it was getting close. I think overall we managed it very well, but it was definitely pretty intense.”