Pierre Gasly
French racing driver (born 1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɡasli]; born 7 February 1996)[2] is a French racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Alpine. He won the 2016 GP2 Series championship, and finished as runner-up in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series and the 2017 Super Formula Championship.
Born | (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28) Rouen, France |
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | French |
2024 team | Alpine-Renault[1] |
Car number | 10 |
Entries | 136 (136 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 4 |
Career points | 394 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 3 |
First entry | 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix |
First win | 2020 Italian Grand Prix |
Last win | 2020 Italian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2024 Miami Grand Prix |
2023 position | 11th (62 pts) |
Signature | |
Website | Official website |
Previous series | |
2017 2017 2014–16 2014 2013 2012–13 2012 2011 | Super Formula Formula E GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC French F4 Championship |
Championship titles | |
2016 2013 | GP2 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
Gasly made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix.[3] He moved to Red Bull Racing in 2019, before being demoted and replaced with Alexander Albon from Toro Rosso between the Hungarian and Belgian rounds.[4] Regardless, Gasly achieved his first podium at the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix, finishing second. He won at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix while driving for AlphaTauri, securing his maiden victory in Formula One. He would achieve another podium by finishing third at the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Gasly moved to Alpine for the 2023 season, scoring his fourth career podium by finishing third at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix.