As Formula One returns from its near month-long hiatus, the Frenchman previews the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix—his 100th F1 race.
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Pierre Gasly mirrors the definition of resilient, the word "sacrifice" etched throughout his roller-coaster journey to and through Formula One.
He came home from school one day to find people in his house, taking paintings off the walls and writing down notes of his family’s belongings. The strangers told him his parents hadn’t “paid taxes in a while,” and when the then-11-year-old called his mother, she said they were “‘in a bit of a difficult situation right now, but things will get better … We promise.