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Gasly still struggling to accept Hubert's death one year on

One year on from the death of Anthoine Hubert at Spa-Francorchamps, Formula One drivers Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc have paid tribute to their friend ahead of this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.

On Thursday, Gasly was among members of the F1 paddock who laid flowers at the corner where Hubert suffered fatal injuries last year.

Both Gasly and Leclerc were close friends of Hubert and raced against him in junior categories. Gasly, who drives for Alpha Tauri in F1, said it was not easy returning to the scene of Hubert's accident this year.

"As soon as I put one foot in the paddock, I just have these images that come back in my mind, and things I don't want to accept or I struggle to accept," Gasly said.