Formula 1 2023 – “A new start, a very beautiful story”: Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) is already flying with Alpine – Eurosport FR

It’s a dream come true for Pierre Gasly and all the supporters of the Alpine team. Next year, the Rouen driver will join the ranks of the French team. An unhoped-for marriage a few weeks ago, and a coincidence that does things well since it will not only be a 100% French connection, but also Norman because the brand with the A fléché, created by Jean Rédélé, was born in Normandy, like the AlphaTauri driver and his future teammate, Esteban Ocon, a native of Evreux. Follow a whole year of sport by subscribing to heavily sanctioned Eurosport Red Bull? In the paddock, rumors and innuendo are multiplyingJapan Grand PrixLibres 3: Advantage Verstappen6 HOURS AGOContractually locked up for another season within the other Scuderia, based in Faenza, which has really marked time this season by negotiating badly the return of ground effect single-seaters, the winner of the Italian Grand Prix saw the planets align little by little. There were the defections of Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri, starters for Aston Martin and McLaren, and Helmut Marko, adviser and chief recruiter for the two teams in the Red Bull galaxy in Formula 1, put aside years of tension with Renault to work on replacing its driver.Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) at the 2022 Canadian Grand PrixCredit: Getty ImagesAlpine, another dimension compared to AlphaTauriAnd then, in the midst of the Colton Herta dossier being blocked, providence did the rest. Nyck de Vries made an impromptu and highly acclaimed debut at Monza at the wheel of the modest Williams, and appeared to be the missing piece of the puzzle. The Dutchman was made official on Saturday morning by Alpha Tauri, a few minutes after Alpine’s announcement of the signing “for several years” of Pierre Gasly. For Pierre Gasly, it is certainly a relief. Since the beginning of the season, he delivered in a monotonous tone, his gaze cast towards the distance, often fleeing the camera, his disillusioned observations on the technical and operational shortcomings of his team, certainly too undersized to follow the outbidding of the top teams to better-oiled organizations, even in times of capped budgets. AlphaTauri works wonders with its 570 employees, but a formation like Alpine has 900, and plans to increase to 975 in the coming weeks to align with the standards of the three behemoths, Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes. incredible, it’s really a chapter that closes with Red Bull, nine years of relationship, a very good collaboration over almost ten years, confided Pierre Gasly Saturday on Canal +, the broadcaster of Formula 1. For me, it’s a new start, a new adventure in which I am embarking with Alpine, a very beautiful story to come. Emotionally, for me, it is of course something very special. I grew up watching Fernando win his titles with Renault world champion and of course, today I am extremely proud to be French and to be able to represent the colors of my country and our values ​​throughout the whole world thanks to Formula 1. But to be able to do it with a team French, I think it’s is really the icing on the cake.”Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) at the 2022 Dutch Grand PrixCredit: Getty ImagesLe Mans, too?”It’s really a new start, he repeated, visibly fulfilled. We really have common ambitions and goals. They have the strategy of 100 races to be able to fight at the front. And that’s what I want: to be able to fight for podiums, victories. Of course it’s not going to happen overnight, but to be able to start this relationship, this collaboration, to use everything I learned at Red Bull, working with a world champion team, to use all this experience when arriving at Alpine to continue to make them progress by seeking the best possible results together.” At the end of 2021, Laurent Rossi had effectively set the course of 100 Grands Prix to make Alpine a winning team – around 2024. It is this project that seduced Pierre Gasly, who appears to be the last stage missing from the blue rocket.In passing, in this same year 2024, the brand will enter the premier category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and will also be able to apply to a seat in the other Blues team, for example to find his friend Charles Leclerc, who has already expressed the same wish to Ferrari.