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Gasly: Rules in F1 a weird grey area

11:04, 31 Oct 2018

byBobby Vincent

Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly believes the rules over the aggression that F1 drivers are allowed to race each other in are "quite weird" and a "grey area", referring to the clash with Force India driver Esteban Ocon.

The comments from Gasly come after an incident with Ocon in Mexico, where the Frenchman tried passing his compatriot on the outside of turn 3, but ran deep into the corner and felt as if he was crowded out.

Gasly and Ocon have history, with a clash earlier this season at the French Grand Prix and the Toro Rosso driver said "it's always the same thing" when the two drivers come together.

"We know that when we are close on track, there are a lot of chances that things happen," Gasly told Motorsport. "He pushed me wide and I had to go off track. I could've forced the way into Turn 5 and we could've had contact, but I thought it wasn't worth it.

"For me, it was fair - either you say, you need to leave the space to one car, or you say things are allowed and you can race aggressively, which I don't mind. You can compare this situation with many others this year, which happened with other drivers, also in my case in Silverstone.

"It seems to be quite weird and quite a grey area, with the fact that usually you should leave the space of one car and clearly there wasn't the space there."