SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly asked his friend Charles Leclerc to go claim his first Formula One win for their friend Anthoine Hubert. Leclerc duly obliged on Sunday afternoon.
The motor racing world was shaken this weekend after promising F2 driver Hubert, 22, was killed in a collision with another driver in a race on Saturday. The Frenchman was good friends with Gasly and Leclerc, and rose through the junior ranks of motor racing with them.
Hubert's death was the first to result from injuries sustained at a grand prix event since Leclerc's godfather, Jules Bianchi, died due to an accident at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.