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Pierre Gasly surprised by wet tyre switch in Germany

Pierre Gasly says he did not expect Toro Rosso to fit wet tyres to his car when he stopped during the rain period at the German Grand Prix.

Gasly was the only driver to stop for wet tyres with only a handful of other drivers swapping slicks for intermediates. Staying on slicks ultimately proved to be the way to go with Gasly and many others forced to stop again for dry tyres.

Reflecting on the strategy call, Gasly said: "At that time they asked for my opinion and I told them that the rain was still pretty light and they asked me to pit but I didn't really expect them to put the wets and then they put them on and I was like 'Ok let's try' but of course you don't have this information in the car.