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‘Gasly undone by crashes, Albon better than Kyvat'

Red Bull chose Alexander Albon to replace Pierre Gasly because Helmut Marko feels he is 'better' than Daniil Kvyat while explaining that Gasly was undone by his testing crashes. Last week Red Bull announced that Gasly, under-fire for a lack of results, would be heading back to Toro Rosso with immediate effect. His place at Red Bull would go to rookie racer Albon for the final nine races, giving the team the opportunity to evaluate the driver before deciding on Max Verstappen's 2020 team-mate. Red Bull advisor Marko played a role in making the decision and recently explained it to Japanese publication, Autosport Web. The Austrian reckons Red Bull did not see the best of Gasly this season as...
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