Pierre Gasly

Gasly and AlphaTauri starred in qualifying for F1's season opener, the Frenchman starting fifth behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and ahead of McLaren drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris.<br>Gasly's rookie teammate Yuki Tsunoda also showed flashes of speed but missed out on a Q3 spot.<br>AlphaTauri's qualifying pace has given Gasly confidence that the Faenza team will be in the mix at the ...

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The Australian had qualified in sixth position for his debut with the Woking-based team, but dropped down to seventh in the race, finishing two places and some 20 seconds behind teammate Lando Norris.<br>A disappointed Ricciardo said after the race that he was hoping his lack of pace had been caused by damage to this car.<br>"I felt like I got slower as the race went on," he said. "So I felt like ...

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The Frenchman shared how he was deeply affected by the death of his close friend Anthoine Hubert in a Formula 2 crash at Spa in 2019, their shared rise through the ranks and his feelings of returning to the scene of the accident for last year's Belgian GP.<br>He also discussed his feelings of not being supported by Red Bull Racing and subsequent demotion to Toro Rosso in 2019, and the emotions ...

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Gasly enjoyed a solid 2020 season by finishing tenth in the drivers' championship, capped off by a shock maiden win in the Italian Grand Prix.<br>AlphaTauri's 2020 car allowed Gasly and former teammate Daniil Kvyat to be firmly in the midfield mix, the pair scoring points on 17 occasions as the team finished seventh.<br>Despite the limited development window for 2021, Gasly believes that the ...

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Gasly scored his breakthrough maiden F1 victory at the Italian Grand Prix last year, helping AlphaTauri to the biggest points total in the squad’s history.<br>The Frenchman will be joined at the team this year by F2 graduate Tsunoda, who replaces Daniil Kvyat.<br>Although Tsunoda has completed private running in some of the team’s older car models to get up to speed, he will get just ...

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Gasly has recently been in Dubai for a training camp as part of his off-season preparations, but announced on Sunday night via social media that he had contracted COVID-19. It makes Gasly the sixth F1 driver to test positive for the virus.<br>“Hello everyone, I hope you’re all well and safe,” Gasly wrote on Twitter.<br>“I wanted to let you know that I tested positive for COVID-19. I have ...

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Gasly made his F1 debut with Toro Rosso in 2017 before moving up to the senior Red Bull squad for the 2019 season, only to be demoted back to the B-team after a difficult 12-race spell.<br>Since returning to Faenza, Gasly has scored two podium finishes for the team since rebranded as AlphaTauri, including its first victory for 12 years at last year's Italian Grand Prix.<br>Gasly's performances ...

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Gasly took a surprise win for AlphaTauri at Monza in September, after a red flag and a penalty for leader Lewis Hamilton shook up the pecking order.<br>Gasly was able to move into the lead once Hamilton served his penalty before fending off McLaren’s Carlos Sainz in the closing stages to take a famous win. The result marked only the second victory in the history of the AlphaTauri team, and made ...

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Gasly took a surprise win for AlphaTauri at Monza in September after a red flag and a penalty for leader Lewis Hamilton shook up the pecking order.<br>Gasly was able to move into the lead once Hamilton served his penalty before fending off McLaren’s Carlos Sainz in the closing stages to take a famous win.<br>The result marked only the second victory in the history of the AlphaTauri ...

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Carlin boss Trevor Carlin has watched Tsunoda become the 27th driver to graduate from his squad to an F1 race seat, and he reckons the Japanese will shine. <br>“He’s been an absolute pleasure to work with,” said Carlin.  “We’ve only had him for one season, and he did everything and more than what we expected.  <br>“Time will tell where he ends up in the ...

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The Frenchman remains concerned that he could suffer a repeat in the race as several teams struggled over the kerbs in the bumpy linking section of the outer circuit.<br>Gasly was an impressive third in Saturday’s FP3 session, and was then fifth in Q1.<br>However, he couldn’t maintain that momentum through the rest of qualifying after a heavy kerb strike cost him downforce, and ultimately ...

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The short version of the circuit will be raced on for the first time ever in this weekend’s Sakhir GP.<br>Like many drivers Gasly sampled the new section in a simulator before travelling to Bahrain, and he believes that the previously unused linking section will be a challenge.<br>“I think you have only four corners, really,” he said when asked for his opinion on the new track by ...

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Gasly made it home in 13th, a place behind Kvyat, after both drivers struggled all day to find pace in the tricky conditions.<br>AlphaTauri’s hopes of challenging Ferrari for sixth place in the world championship also took a hit as the Maranello-based outfit logged 27 points with third and fourth places.<br>Gasly’s day started badly when the FIA launched an investigation after the team ...

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If the team is found to have broken the parc ferme rules a possible outcome could be a pitlane start.<br>Gasly initially qualified 15th, although he gained two places when McLaren drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris were both penalised.<br>It’s understood that for tactical reasons the team decided to undertake a complete change of PU elements and start at the back of the grid.<br>Such a change ...

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The Frenchman looked well set for a strong result from fourth on the grid, and he even edged alongside eventual winner Lewis Hamilton on the first lap before being forced to back off.<br>The AlphaTauri mechanics first spotted a water leak before the start, and they hoped they had been able to fix it after some urgent work on the grid.<br>Gasly got off the line well and had a look to the right of ...

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Prior to the  2020 season opener and before the Imola race was confirmed, Gasly and his teammate Daniil Kvyat shared 100kms of running between them with a filming day in the current car.<br>They also did some extra unrestricted mileage in a 2018 Toro Rosso.<br>Both men were near the top of the times from the start of the morning practice session on Saturday, and Gasly progressed strongly ...

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Horner says it has been “made clear” to the Frenchman why he wasn’t in contention for a seat, should Red Bull decide to replace Alex Albon.<br>Gasly was recently confirmed at AlphaTauri for 2021, having won the Italian GP and comfortably outperformed teammate Daniil Kvyat this season.<br>Until recently many observers thought that should Red Bull decide to drop Albon for 2021, Gasly had ...

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F1 is returning to Imola and the site of Senna's death at the 1994 San Marino GP for the first time since 2006, as the track was included on the reshuffled 2020 calendar that followed the series of cancellations and postponements caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<br>Writing on Twitter, Gasly said the helmet livery was a "tribute to Ayrton this weekend".<br>He added: "Remembering one of my idols ...

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It was announced earlier this week that Gasly will remain with AlphaTauri for a second consecutive season in 2021 – he also raced with the team for five races in 2017 and all season in 2018 before his promotion to Red Bull for what turned about to be a difficult half season with the team alongside Max Verstappen. <br>After Gasly won the chaotic Italian Grand Prix last month, he said he was ...

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Horner believes that the Frenchman is thriving in an environment with less pressure, and with a car that is less tricky to drive than the RBR.<br>Gasly was confirmed today for 2021 by AlphaTauri after not figuring on the shortlist of possible replacements for Alex Albon, should Red Bull decide to make a change for next season.<br>Gasly drove for the main outfit for the first half of 2019 ...

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Gasly has been one of the stand-out drivers in F1 this year, scoring a shock maiden victory at the Italian Grand Prix in September, marking just the second win in AlphaTauri’s history.<br>Gasly’s performances led to suggestions that he could return to the senior Red Bull squad for next year - having been demoted after 12 races in 2019 - but the team made clear it was not planning to make a ...

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The Frenchman bounced back from a Friday engine fire that obliged his team to break the FIA curfew build up the spare chassis for Saturday.<br>Gasly subsequently qualified ninth, and after losing a place to Kimi Raikkonen at the start he worked his way up the field, claiming fifth from Sergio Perez on the penultimate lap.<br>The Italian GP winner lies ninth in the world championship, just one ...

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The Mexican also received a reprimand after an impeding incident in Saturday's qualifying session, and a third received within this season will trigger a 10-place grid penalty.<br>Perez was defending his fifth place in the closing laps when Gasly drafted up behind him on the run to the first corner. Perez moved to the inside when Gasly did, forcing the Frenchman to back out.<br>The AlphaTauri ...

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The Racing Point driver had abandoned a fast run at the end of Q2 and was told by the team towards the end of the lap that Gasly was approaching. He tried to get out of the way of the Frenchman, but it was too late.<br>The stewards decreed that it was a case of impeding, but in effect gave Perez the benefit of the doubt given the hilly nature of the Portimao track, and the fact that it's harder ...

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The Frenchman triggered a red flag when he stopped at the edge of the track and jumped out just as flames took hold.<br>His car had lost all electrical power in what the team described as a "blackout".<br>It took the marshals a few seconds to reach the car as some of them had to cross the track, and Gasly was seen urging them to take action.<br>They eventually put the fire out, but not before the ...

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