Pierre Gasly declares ‘I’m no Brad Pitt’ amidst claims he can be new DTS star

With Drive to Survive’s poster boy Daniel Ricciardo out of the picture, Pierre Gasly suggested he is “no Brad Pitt” when it came to filling the gap.

There is perhaps no driver on the grid whose career has been as well chronicled in the Netflix show as Gasly. When Drive to Survive premiered in 2019, Gasly was at Toro Rosso before his big move to Red Bull and his dramatic fall back to the junior outfit.

Away from the track, the series documented the tragic death of Gasly’s friend Anthoine Hubert before Gasly’s maiden F1 win at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix a year later.

As such, Gasly has become a fan favourite of those watching the series and while he has not hit the same level of fame as Ricciardo has, his story left a profound impact on one of the producers of the show, Paul Martin.

马丁说他觉得Gasl“依恋”y as the series has “seen him go through some incredible lows” and backed the new Alpine driver to fill the role left behind by Ricciardo.

Gasly joked that while he is “no Brad Pitt”, he was pleased by the comments of Martin.

“It’s always nice to hear these sorts of things,” the Frenchman told media including PlanetF1.com.

“At the same time, what I say every time I go to do some filming – I’m no Brad Pitt. I’m Pierre Gasly.

“So I just try to be myself, and then after they have got the content they use what they want to use.

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“I think they’ve been quite good at showing a glimpse of my story and my ride in Formula 1 so far which has been pretty intense over the last five years.

“I’m sure there will be a lot more to talk about in the coming five years.

“But I think the main point was that we’re going to miss Daniel, whether it’s in Drive to Survive or whether it’s in the paddock, we’ll miss Daniel.”

Martin also praised the impact of Ricciardo in making the series what it is and said he believed “there probably wouldn’t have been a Drive to Survive” without the charismatic Australian.

The producer, who counts documentaries about Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo amongst his back catalogue, said Ricciardo was the first driver that was spoken to about the making of such a series and the first one to invite the cameras inside his home.

Martin said he felt “very emotional” about Ricciardo leaving but the Australian’s third driver role at Red Bull could leave the door open to a season six cameo.