Pierre Gasly's first ever Formula One victory at the weekend's Italian Grand Prix might have been a dream come true but it won't bring him back into the fold at Red Bull.

Driving for AlphaTauri, Gasly on Sunday became the first French winner of a F1 GP since Olivier Panis in Monaco in 1996, and was so excited after his maiden triumph that he missed French President Emmanuel Macron's initial congratulatory call.

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