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Gasly eliminated in Q1 six days after Italian GP win

Six days on from his remarkable Monza win, Alpha Tauri's Pierre Gasly was eliminated from the first qualifying session at the Tuscan Grand Prix -- he will start the race from 16th on the grid.

Gasly claimed his first F1 victory at the wild Italian Grand Prix but failed to progress past Q1 at the second Italian race of the 2020 season. The Alpha Tauri driver was just 0.1s off a place in the second session.

"It's obviously a very, very disappointing qualifying for us after a great result," Gasly said afterwards. "We did a massive step back in qualifying.