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Gasly: Red Bull went back on their word

Pierre Gasly learnt of his Red Bull demotion on the morning of the announcement despite having been told a week earlier that he was safe. Following the Hungarian GP, a race in which Gasly was lapped by then-team-mate Max Verstappen, Red Bull's bosses insisted the Frenchman's seat was safe. It wasn't. A week later he was demoted to Toro Rosso, his RB15 going to Alexander Albon. Gasly only learnt of it a few hours before Red Bull issued the press release. 'I found out one morning that it had been decided,' he told FormulaSpy. 'I got a call from Helmut Marko at 8.42am on the morning of the announcement. 'It was a bit of a shock that it happened as it wasn't what I had been told after...
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