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Gasly on Hartley near-miss: I could see myself in the air

Pierre Gasly says he was certain of crashing with Toro Rosso teammate Brendon Hartley in a scary near-miss during qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and felt he could “already see myself in the air”. After Hartley picked up a puncture going through the tight and twisty castle section on the Baku City Circuit, teammate Gasly was unsighted behind him and closing up to him at around 200kph heading towards Turn 15 in Q1. Hartley, who made a move left to avoid his fast-approaching teammate, found Gasly looking to get past on the same side of track which forced the French driver into a sudden switch to the right with the pair avoiding contact by a matter of centimetres. Gasly says he...
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