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Alpine lets Sky Sports commentator give on‑track instructions to Gasly at US GP practice

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The Race reports that Alpine permitted Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft to speak directly to driver Pierre Gasly during United States Grand Prix practice . The Race reports that Croft instructed Gasly to perform a burnout, start from the right‑hand side of the grid, and use strategy 7 . The Race reports that Alpine’s IT race communications engineer Rob Gulliver described the driver‑engineer radio as the most sacred, controlled, and policed communication within a team . The Race reports that the incident was billed as a “modern F1 first” because it broke the usual team‑radio protocol .

Why it matters. The Race reports that the move gave Sky Sports a direct role in on‑track instructions, altering the usual separation between broadcasters and team communications for that session .

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