Pierre Gasly

 

Pierre Gasly

 

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.

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.

Personal life

Gasly was born in Rouen, France, to father Jean-Jacques Gasly and mother Pascale.[5][6] Gasly is the youngest of five and has four half brothers: two maternal from his mother's previous marriage, Nicolas Caron and Cyril Caron; and two paternal from his father's previous marriage, Phillipe Gasly and Paul Gasly.[7][8]

Gasly's family has long been involved in motorsports. His grandfather competed in karting, his grandmother a kart champion, and his father Jean Jacques has also competed in various categories of racing including karting, endurance racing and rallying.[9][10] His father stopped rallying when he 'fell off [a] mountain' after his co-driver made a mistake reading the pace note.[10] At the age of six, Gasly first experienced karting at a local karting track in Anneville-Ambourville.[8] He was 13 years old when he left Rouen for Le Mans after his commitment for competitive racing.[10]

Gasly grew up alongside Anthoine Hubert; karting with him since the age of seven, being educated at the same private school and having resided together as roommates for several years.[11] He has been close friends with Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon[12] since a young age. However, his relationship with Ocon deteriorated during their karting career.[13] In 2019 he moved to Milan.[14] Besides his native French, Gasly also speaks Italian[15] and English. Gasly was seen supporting the Brisbane Broncos on his trip around the east coast of Australia.

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