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Fans react as cameras capture Pierre Gasly’s reaction to Kevin Magnussen’s pole

Magnussen produced one of the shock moments of the season as he qualified on pole in Brazil – the first time he and his Haas team have ever achieved that in Formula 1

Pierre Gasly was pleased for Kevin Magnussen – even though he admitted the Haas racer’s pole position was a “terrible” result for him.

The Dane took the first pole of his career on Friday, benefitting from a George Russell crash and a timely rain shower. Those circumstances made it possible, but it was a timely reminder – in a season dominated by Max Verstappen and Red Bull – that any driver and team can taste success in F1.

There won’t be many people out there who weren’t delighted to see Magnussen and Haas achieve what they did in qualifying. And that was illustrated by Gasly, who has a better reason than most for wanting them to fail.

Just one point separates his AlphaTauri team from Haas in the constructors’ standings. So the fact Magnussen is in a strong position to score points in both the Sprint and the main race is a big blow to their hopes of leapfrogging the American team into eighth place.

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