Pierre Gasly

Alpine have confirmed the signing of Pierre Gasly for the 2023 Formula 1 season, while AlphaTauri have announced Nyck de Vries as his replacement.

"I had another year in my contract and it was kind of sealed for next year, then everything happened and this opportunity came up," Gasly said. His last big success was winning the Formula E World Championship, and this is clear evidence that he is a very competitive driver, who deserves a seat in F1." Gasly added: "It's a big change in my career. But although Daniel Ricciardo's name was immediately linked and Alpine tested three younger drivers in August, Gasly was always their preferred choice. "But we got there. "He brings a wealth of experience, and speed," stated Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer. "What's easy in Formula 1? "It was a clear call and definitely very attractive," Gasly, 26, told Sky Sports F1. Nothing is easy!" "I'm confident. Sky Sports News understands Alpine are paying Red Bull €10m (£8.8m). [Hamilton plays down Mercedes speed in wet

Alpine Formula 1 team boss Otmar Szafnauer hopes Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon will rekindle their fractured friendship when they work together as ...

The Australian rising star is fast, consistent, confident, adaptable and has shown excellent racecraft, but there’s already a taint to his reputation. In a marathon Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, Sergio Perez’s victory was only assured hours after the race due to a stewards investigation. A testing return to the Singapore Grand Prix in tricky conditions created plenty of hazards and mistakes for the Formula 1 drivers to fall into.

Gasly will replace Aston Martin-bound Fernando Alonso, leaving the Red Bull driver program he joined in 2014. Meanwhile, de Vries, who impressed on his debut ...

De Vries said: "I'm extremely excited to be joining Scuderia AlphaTauri for 2023. Meanwhile, de Vries, who impressed on his debut for Williams at the Italian Grand Prix this year, has earned his first fulltime drive. "Driving for a team that has French roots is something very special.

Formula One's contract silly season just got a tad sillier.

[he will retire at the end of the 2022 season](https://www.si.com/formula1/2022/07/28/sebastian-vettel-says-he-will-retire-from-f1-at-the-end-of-2022-season). Aston Martin [confirmed after the race weekend that Alonso would race for them in 2023](https://www.si.com/formula1/2022/08/01/fernando-alonso-announces-he-will-join-aston-martins-f1-team-in-2023). He confirmed a few weeks later that [he would stay with AlphaTauri for next season](https://www.si.com/formula1/2022/06/25/alphatauri-confirms-pierre-gasly-will-drive-f1-team-2023); however, that did not stop the silly season rumor mill. One of the names that has surfaced is Nyck de Vries, who [Belgian Grand Prix review video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoDQXqQkt1o) started making its rounds on social media of Gasly, Charles Leclerc and George Russell talking while heading to the drivers’ parade. Later that same season, Gasly recorded his first F1 podium and built on that with his first win during the 2020 campaign. Russell, though, appeared to ssay “married” before the Frenchman’s comment. Gasly has been part of the Red Bull family for nine years, including five full-time seasons spent in Formula One. The Frenchman will head over to Alpine in 2023 on a multi-year contract, filling the vacancy left by Fernando Alonso. “I am delighted to join the Alpine family and begin this new chapter in my Formula 1 career. Just over a year later, he passed his final exam and jetted off to England to practice in the simulator. “I wish to thank RedBull as this marks the end of our 9-year journey together.

Pierre Gasly will race for Alpine on a multiyear deal from next season after securing an early release from his AlphaTauri contract.

“His last big success was winning the Formula E world championship, and this is clear evidence that he is a very competitive driver who deserves a seat in F1. The 23-year-old has already racked up an expensive repair bill this season after two enormous smashes in Saudi Arabia and Monaco. Williams had been in the running for De Vries but is now considering promoting junior driver Logan Sargeant from Formula 2. “I’m extremely excited to be joining Scuderia AlphaTauri for 2023” De Vries said. “I wish to thank Red Bull as this marks the end of our nine-year journey together. “Scuderia AlphaTauri had a very successful time with Pierre,” he said.

Alpine have confirmed the signing of Pierre Gasly for the 2023 Formula 1 season, while AlphaTauri have announced Nyck de Vries as his replacement.

"I had another year in my contract and it was kind of sealed for next year, then everything happened and this opportunity came up," Gasly said. His last big success was winning the Formula E World Championship, and this is clear evidence that he is a very competitive driver, who deserves a seat in F1." Gasly added: "It's a big change in my career. But although Daniel Ricciardo's name was immediately linked and Alpine tested three younger drivers in August, Gasly was always their preferred choice. "But we got there. "He brings a wealth of experience, and speed," stated Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer. "What's easy in Formula 1? "It was a clear call and definitely very attractive," Gasly, 26, told Sky Sports F1. Nothing is easy!" "I'm confident. Sky Sports News understands Alpine are paying Red Bull €10m (£8.8m). [Hamilton plays down Mercedes speed in wet

The Alpine Formula 1 team has finally confirmed that Pierre Gasly is joining its line-up on a multi-year contract in 2023 to race alongside Esteban Ocon.

In a marathon Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, Sergio Perez’s victory was only assured hours after the race due to a stewards investigation. A testing return to the Singapore Grand Prix in tricky conditions created plenty of hazards and mistakes for the Formula 1 drivers to fall into. After seemingly being stuck in limbo at AlphaTauri - too good to let go, but not a realistic prospect for a Red Bull return - Pierre Gasly has finally shaken off the shackles to join Alpine.

With the Frenchman headed to Alpine next season, the Dutchman gets his first full-time F1 seat.

[ Alex Albon was diagnosed with appendicitis](https://www.si.com/formula1/2022/09/16/f1-driver-alex-albon-shares-update-after-being-in-intensive-care), and he knocked it out of the park, bringing home two points. “I’ve had a lot of chances to experience the 2022 car this year and I think that has put me in a great position for the upcoming season, I hope this has helped to prepare me for what is to come. After Formula 2, I took a slightly different path with motorsport, but F1 has always been my dream and I’m grateful to be able to [sic] fulfill it,” de Vries said in a statement.

Confirmed as an Alpine driver from 2023, Pierre Gasly hopes this will allow he and Esteban Ocon to make some repairs to their relationship.

“We are a lot more mature, a lot more responsible, and at the end of the day we have a common target. We both want to be competitive, we both want to be fighting at the front. “I know Esteban is an excellent driver, he’s showing it every weekend with Fernando,” Gasly stated. And we know to achieve that, we have to work together for the team. What was the probability that two six-year-old kids from Normandy, France, living 20 minutes from each other, would end up 20 years later as team-mates in a French team? “Our relationship has been going up and down since, it’s not new to anyone.

Nyck de Vries, a Formula E and Formula 2 champion who already has points scored in his lone Formula 1 appearance, will finally be a full-time F1 driver.

When Herta's request for an FIA super license was rejected just as de Vries finished that great weekend at a track where the low-drag Williams excelled, AlphaTauri decided to let Pierre Gasly walk to Alpine anyway and make room for de Vries. 2023 has long been the year de Vries was supposed to break into F1, but the move to AlphaTauri is a relative surprise. Nyck de Vries, the 2019 Formula 2 and 2020-21 Formula E champion, will finally get his shot at full-time Formula 1 racing.

The 2020 Italian Grand Prix winner will take one of Formula 1's most interesting job openings.

[signed to continue with his current team](https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40333094/pierre-gasly-will-stay-with-alphatauri-next-season/) next season, AlphaTauri eventually chose to instead allow Gasly to leave to make room for what was initially expected to be IndyCar standout Colton Herta before a licensing problem opened up the seat for former F2 and Formula E champion Nyck de Vries. Gasly replaces the outgoing Fernando Alonso and heads to a new team after parts of six seasons in Red Bull's system, mostly spent at Scuderia AlphaTauri. Gasly has finished in the top ten in the series standings twice with the former Red Bull junior team, plus a career-best seventh in a half-season with AlphaTauri he had begun with the Red Bull senior team.

Tractors will come on to the track to pick up a damaged vehicle and are easily spotted when the race is conducted in clear light. Watch Every Practice, ...

So, you know, he would’ve known it was a safety car and you’re supposed to slow down behind a safety car, but sometimes you’re not quite in control.” “That’s the issue. “In relation to the recovery of the incident on Lap 3, the Safety Car had been deployed and the race neutralised,” the statement read. What is this tractor on track?! The FIA released a statement as to why the tractor was on the track with over drivers still out. “What is this?

AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly was incensed to see a recovery tractor on track while cars were still circulating as the Safety Car was deployed.

we can keep it short: this must NOT happen guys.” “I passed next to it, this is unacceptable! I don’t believe this!” “In relation to the recovery of the incident on Lap 3, the Safety Car had been deployed and the race neutralised,” said the governing body. Pierre Gasly furiously labelled the decision to deploy a recovery tractor on track as ‘unacceptable’, as the French driver encountered the vehicle near the racing line. AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly was incensed to see a recovery tractor on track while cars were still circulating as the Safety Car was deployed.

Pierre Gasly was left furious after passing a tractor on-track when returning to the pits under the red flag in the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, ...

In a marathon Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, Sergio Perez’s victory was only assured hours after the race due to a stewards investigation. A testing return to the Singapore Grand Prix in tricky conditions created plenty of hazards and mistakes for the Formula 1 drivers to fall into. After seemingly being stuck in limbo at AlphaTauri - too good to let go, but not a realistic prospect for a Red Bull return - Pierre Gasly has finally shaken off the shackles to join Alpine.

Pierre Gasly was furious with the FIA after narrowly avoiding a collision with a recovery vehicle on the race track at the start of a wet Japanese Grand ...

Thankfully all the drivers are in one piece." As conditions were deteriorating, the Red Flag was shown before Car 10 passed the location of the incident where it had been damaged the previous lap." "I think we got lucky. Car 10, which had collected damage and pitted behind the Safety Car, was then driving at high speed to catch up to the field. "This is unacceptable! What is this tractor on track?

Pierre Gasly has been left apoplectic after passing a recovery vehicle on track before the red flag period at the Japanese Grand Prix.

[Pierre Gasly](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-drivers/pierre-gasly/) has been left apoplectic after passing a recovery vehicle on track before the red flag period at the Japanese Grand Prix. Bianchi would be hospitalised and later succumbed to his injuries. "This is unacceptable. I can't believe this." what is this tractor? [Carlos Sainz](https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-drivers/carlos-sainz/) triggered a safety car on lap one after spinning on the run up to Spoon on lap one at Suzuka as treacherous conditions left drivers with little visibility.

Pierre Gasly was furious with the FIA after narrowly avoiding a collision with a recovery vehicle on the race track at the start of a wet Japanese Grand ...

Thankfully all the drivers are in one piece." "I think we got lucky. Car 10, which had collected damage and pitted behind the Safety Car, was then driving at high speed to catch up to the field. Red Bull boss Christian Horner said: "It is totally unacceptable. "This is unacceptable! What is this tractor on track?

AlphaTauri F1 driver Pierre Gasly was left fuming after driving past a tractor on track during the choatic start to the Japanese Grand Prix.

Car 10, which had collected damage and pitted behind the Safety Car, was then driving at high speed to catch up to the field. It should not be on track until the field was all behind the Safety Car. We lost a life in this situation years ago. Pretty sure this shows the race going red just before Gasly reaches the recovery vehicle. What is this tractor on track? What is this tractor?!