Gasly thanks his lucky angel after shock first win


Formula One F1 - Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy - September 6, 2020 AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly drinks champagne as he celebrates winning the Italian Grand Prix on the podium REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini/Pool

(Reuters) - Pierre Gasly thanked his lucky angel for a first Formula One victory nobody could have predicted at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.

The 24-year-old AlphaTauri driver, the first French race winner since Olivier Panis in 1996, also declared himself lost for words although his joy suggested otherwise.

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