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Formula 1 journalist Tom Clarkson believes Pierre Gasly should follow the same path as Carlos Sainz and leave Red Bull.

Sainz made his Formula 1 breakthrough as part of the Red Bull driver programme, he and Max Verstappen both debuting for Toro Rosso in 2015.

Both drivers went on to take different career paths though, Verstappen now a Red Bull driver and World Champion, while Sainz currently finds himself fighting Red Bull at the front of the grid as part of the Ferrari team.

Sainz joined Ferrari from 2021, following stints at Renault and McLaren.

Another Red Bull driver is now faced with a choice, that being Pierre Gasly, who has seen his hopes of returning to the main Red Bull team take a huge hit now that Sergio Perez’s contract has been extended until 2024.

Gasly then will remain at sister team AlphaTauri, with his contract up at the end of 2023.

And Clarkson feels this is the opportunity for Gasly to bid farewell to Red Bull, naming McLaren as a good next destination as rumours continue to swirl regarding Daniel Ricciardo’s future with the team.

“Pierre needs to do a Carlos Sainz,” said Clarkson on the F1 Nation podcast.

“He needs to leave the Red Bull family to progress his Formula One career. And I think for him McLaren would be a very good shout.”

1996 Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill added: “Well he definitely can’t go up to the big team now, because it’s a lockout unless Max leaves.”

To that point, Clarkson believes that Perez’s upturn in form at