Marko: Gasly showed 'class' and 'talent' in Brazil
A podium in Brazil is "proof" that Pierre Gasly is a talented Formula 1 driver.
That is the view of Dr Helmut Marko, even though Red Bull's notoriously harsh driver manager demoted the Frenchman earlier this season.
But Gasly has been strong since he returned from the senior team to Toro Rosso, and on Sunday he drove through the late crashes at Interlagos to finish second.
"Pierre showed his class here," Marko told France's Canal Plus.
"We know he has talent and today is good proof of that. Nobody saw it coming. It is a fantastic result.
"Everyone is happy for him and we will certainly celebrate," he added.
Max Verstappen - Gasly's former teammate - won the race for Red Bull Racing, making it the first Honda-powered 1-2 for decades.
"I always knew he was a very quick driver," the Dutchman, referring to Gasly, said.
Verstappen will however continue to be paired with Alexander Albon in 2020.
"I think this year in the beginning maybe didn't work out the way it should for Pierre, but as you can see, I think he is very strong," he added.
"He has regrouped at Toro Rosso and even before this race he has done a lot of good results. So this is an even bigger motivation," Verstappen added.
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All it 'shows' is 3 or the top 6 cars either broke down or crashed and there were 2 safety cars. George Russell was only 13 seconds away from 1st place!!!!!
Oh yea, Einstein, the top teams never benefit from a safety cars or crashes of other drivers.
Pierre was in the lead group before the perfect top teams ran over themselves, Pierre was clean ,smart and fast ,even drag races zither Top Mercedes on last lap up in to the finish line. But you know all, don't wine.......
You don't have to be Einstein etc to work it out. You also didn't need class and talent to get 2nd in that race. 'Clean and smart' :- no just lucky with others crashing and safety cars, of which you'd expect from time to time in your career.
Over time you might learn that sometimes drivers get breaks on the track throughout their career and 'class and smartness' don't always come into it.