Pierre Gasly, F1 driver

The pair made contact early in the race, leaving Gasly with diffuser damage that cost him downforce and lap time.The FIA stewards looked at the incident, but opted to take no action. Explaining their decision they noted: “Car 10 locked its front right tyre into Turn 6 resulting in that car approaching the turn on a slightly different line at a slightly lower speed, which was obviously unexpected ...

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While Daniel Ricciardo qualified a surprise fourth, Gasly is only 11th on Sunday's grid, while his team-mate Esteban Ocon struggled even more and couldn't better 16th in Q1, before gaining a spot from a grid penalty for Yuki Tsunoda.Gasly, who drove for Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri in Mexico City five times between 2017 and 2022, suggested that the Faenza team has a very specific approach to the track ...

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The Alpine driver picked up three five-second penalties for track limits offences over the course of the race.He took the first at a pit stop, while the others were added to his race time, leaving him in 12th place behind the also penalised Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll.“It wasn't a good day,” said the Frenchman when asked by Motorsport.com about his difficult race. “I did too many mistakes ...

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In the final stages of last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, Gasly was asked to let Ocon by to repay the favour from earlier in the race, as the pair ran ninth and 10th.He initially refused to comply and only let Ocon through on the last corner of the final lap after repeated pleas by his race engineer.Gasly reacted furiously because he felt he was the quicker car on the day and was always going to ...

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Gasly was asked to move aside and let team-mate Ocon through to take ninth place on the last lap at Suzuka, having earlier been gifted the position in a team order swap.At that stage of the race, Gasly was on fresher rubber and Alpine believed that if he was let through by Ocon he would have a chance to close in on the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso who was ahead of them on the track.When it ...

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In the final stages of the Suzuka race, Gasly was asked to let Ocon by as the pair was set to finish ninth and 10th.Gasly angrily protested on the radio but eventually relented by letting his team-mate by at the very last possible moment, in the third sector of the final lap.Gasly was asked to let Ocon by to return the favour from earlier in the race, when Gasly passed Ocon but then failed to ...

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The Dutchman punched in a 1m30.688s to stand atop the timing boards, having been bumped off the top following his opening run on soft tyres as the rest of the front-running pack waited until later to clock their first times on softs.Verstappen had originally stepped up to the top of the pile with a 1m31.377s on his first timed run, going early on soft tyres as the majority of the field used the ...

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The French duo have been evenly matched in their first season as team-mates at Alpine, but amid a season where the Enstone outfit expected to consolidate on its fourth-place finish in last year's constructors' championship.Gasly admitted the season had not lived up to expectations in that regard, and added that he was not able to feel entirely at ease with the overall balance of the car.Asked ...

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Gasly accused Magnussen of pushing him off the track and compared the Haas driver’s escape from any sanction with the reprimands that Max Verstappen received for two impeding incidents in qualifying.Those verdicts came as a surprise to drivers and teams who are used to seeing grid penalties for such offences and led to questions about the consistency of stewards’ decisions.Gasly, who faced a ...

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As the last European round of the 2023 season, the Italian Grand Prix paddock was heaving with VIPs and guests throughout the weekend.The number of paddock guests, part of the 304,000 fans attending the Monza weekend, is an indication of how popular F1 has become.On the other hand, it has also made it much harder for drivers and teams to move around their workplace, with Motorsport.com noticing ...

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Both Gasly and team-mate Esteban Ocon were eliminated in Q1, qualifying 17th and 18th respectively for the Italian Grand Prix.They didn't fare much better in the race, with Gasly just avoiding being lapped by winner Max Verstappen in 15th, while Ocon's car was retired as a precaution after he started encountering a steering lock issue.While Gasly explained that Alpine had expected to ...

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Gasly could not better 17th place in Saturday’s session, while his team-mate Esteban Ocon was one position and just 0.003s behind.Read Also:

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Gasly, who finished third in the rain-affected Dutch GP last weekend, admitted that the A523 simply wasn’t fast enough on Monza’s straights.“Unfortunately, all weekend I was quite ...

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By triumphing at his home race at Zandvoort last weekend, Verstappen equalled Red Bull predecessor Sebastian Vettel's record of nine consecutive wins, and so victory at Monza will put him out on his own on 10 wins.Gasly, who won the race with AlphaTauri in 2020, cautioned that achieving success at the Italian venue isn't always straightforward."I think this weekend is actually probably the ...

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French driver Gasly finished fourth on the road in a chaotic rain-hit race at Zandvoort but a pitlane speeding penalty for Sergio Perez bumped him up to third. The result marks Alpine’s second top-three classification in as many rounds, with Gasly also ranking third in the Belgian sprint race.This brace of headline results follows immediately after team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting ...

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The Frenchman joined the Enstone-based squad at the start of this year, and he hoped it would be able to improve on its fourth-place finish in the 2022 constructors' championship standings. However, Alpine has endured a turbulent campaign beset by incidents and internal politics. Gasly and team-mate Esteban Ocon have accidentally driven into each other twice, and the A523 has slipped back into ...

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Since the start of July, Alpine has replaced outspoken CEO Laurent Rossi, who has been moved aside to work on "special projects".Then, on the Friday of the Spa weekend, it was announced that team principal Otmar Szafnauer - at the helm for 18 months - and sporting director Alan Permane - an Enstone veteran of 34 years - will leave following the race. Meanwhile, chief technical director Pat Fry ...

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Gasly ended up third behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen and McLaren's Oscar Piastri.The leading pair opted to pit at the end of the formation lap to switch from the full wet tyres mandated by F1's rules, as the safety car had led the pack once the delayed proceedings eventually got underway on another day impacted by rain during this event.Verstappen said he thought the FIA's decisions on starting ...

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After spots of rain had fallen sporadically as the cars initially lined up on the grid 20 minutes ahead of the scheduled start time, it began coming down heavily 10 minutes later.The race started at 17:35 behind the safety car, which mandated all the cars to start the race on full wet tyres.They were sent around for five formation tours, which was originally announced as four before one more was ...

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The Frenchman has invited all F1, F2 and F3 personnel to take part in a special 'Run for Anthoine' around Spa on Thursday night in honour of the late Hubert, who was killed in an F2 crash over the 2019 GP weekend.The event has added poignancy following the recent death of Dilano van 't Hoff in a Formula Regional European Championship race at Spa earlier this month, with a moment being set aside ...

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The pair tussled at Stowe, with Stroll passing Gasly for 11th off the track before they came together at Club later in the race.
The contact left Gasly with terminal suspension damage, while Stroll received a five-second penalty for causing the collision.
Asked by Motorsport.com what had happened during the pair's battle, Gasly said: "To me it was quite clear and it's been always in the ...

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The Red Bull Ring lap is the fifth-shortest on the 2023 calendar at 2.68 miles. However, its high-speed nature means that in a dry session it is likely to produce the quickest time.
Max Verstappen claimed pole at the circuit last season in 1m04.984s. The next-fastest was his 1m10.342s run at Zandvoort.
In previous years, this has led to congested out-laps as drivers seek clear air for their ...

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Gasly was trying to finish his fast lap towards the end of the session when he came across a gaggle of cars heading into the final corner, including Sainz, who was moving very slowly and was about to start his own lap.
Gasly had to abandon his lap and failed to progress out of the session in 17th place, while Sainz – who qualified eighth – later received a three-place grid penalty for ...

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Towards the end of Q1 Alpine driver Gasly was on a flying lap when he encountered a nearly stationary Sainz at the final chicane, as the Spaniard was creating space for himself to embark on a final lap attempt.
The incident forced Gasly off onto the escape road, which meant that the Frenchman stayed 17th and was eliminated, rather than improving his lap time to book a comfortable spot into ...

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Gasly received three places apiece for holding up Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen in separate incidents in Barcelona.
He matched team-mate Esteban Ocon's Monaco performance in qualifying fourth, but his six-place cumulative penalty dropped him down to 10th.
He then lost more places with a scrappy first lap before eventually recovering to score a point in 10th place.
Gasly visited the ...

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Tsunoda had been well-placed to score points in the Monaco Grand Prix last month as he ran ninth with 20 laps to go, but in the final stages of the rain-hit race, he was passed by both McLarens and continued to slip down the order.
He eventually finished in 15th as rookie team-mate Nyck de Vries grabbed 12th.
The Japanese racer noticeably struggled with his brakes, voiced his ...

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