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Opening lap damage put Gasly in 'rallycross' mode

Pierre Gasly felt like he was racing in a frantic rallycross on Sunday after his Toro Rosso sustained damage on the opening lap of the Austrian Grand Prix. The Frenchman made contact with Stoffel Vandoorne's McLaren shortly after the start, and while the subsequent damage to his STR13 was far from terminal, Gasly was left to battle his car for the remainder of the afternoon. "For me this was honestly one of the toughest races I’ve ever had," he said afterending his race just outside the points in 11th place. "After the contact with Stoffel on lap one, the rear suspension was bent and he also took half of the floor away so from that point I was just sliding everywhere,...
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