Pierre Gasly will remain an Alpine driver into the next major F1 regulations changes in 2026 after the team announced it has extended his contract with him.
Signing a “multi-year” extension with the team, Gasly will not follow current team mate Esteban Ocon who is to leave the Renault-owned outfit at the end of the season.Gasly is in his second season with Alpine, having joined them at the end of the 2022 season from AlphaTauri (now competing as RB).
Alpine have endured a challenging start to their 2024 campaign, entering the opening round of the season as the slowest team with the departure of several key members of their technical team. However, Alpine have improved over the opening ten rounds of the championship, with Gasly scoring points in each of the last three rounds.
Committing to the team for the foreseeable future, Gasly said he feels “very much at home” at Alpine.
“I enjoy being a real part of both the Formula 1 project and the wider Alpine Cars vision,” he said.
“I’ve been officially here for over 18 months and it has always been the plan to build a long-term project with the team. While on-track it’s been a challenging season so far, I remain faithful to the project and I am not going anywhere.
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“I am happy with the changes made, the hard work, and the direction the team is taking. There is a lot of potential in this team’s personnel and resources. I’m excited for what is to come in the future and right now I’m focusing on the everyday details that we are putting in to improve our performances.”
Team principal Bruno Famin said Gasly remained a driver with “huge amounts of potential”.
“For Alpine as a brand, he is a great ambassador and we therefore look forward to continuing our collaboration,” said Famin.
“While this is important for our future, we do have to keep our eyes close to what is coming and that is focusing on improving our current package. We have high ambitions this current season and we will work tirelessly to achieve those things. We will take our time in deciding Pierre’s team mate and we are excited with the options we have on the table.”
Gasly has competed in 140 grands prix and taken four podium finishes in his career, including his first and only top three finish for Alpine in last year’s Dutch Grand Prix. Gasly became the first French winner of a grand prix since 1996 when he won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix for AlphaTauri, his only victory in Formula 1.
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Retired (@jeff1s)
27th June 2024, 9:56
Facepalm.
Working with the likes of Famin & Briatore, I’d better looks elsewhere Indycar, WEC, or even a GT driver. Values over money.
Nick T.
27th June 2024, 10:52
Famin is awful, but Briatore is a proven winner. It’s also funny that no one noticed F1 had already been officially working with Briatore before he signed for Alpine.
MichaelN
27th June 2024, 12:10
He has indeed had a role with F1 – it’s hard to miss the giant MSC Cruises (talk about environmental problems…) banners all over. But that’s quite a bit different from having him be associated with a competitor.
BasCB (@bascb)
27th June 2024, 16:04
I just hope he won’t be tempted to repeat his last “win” when the pressure to up the value of the team mounts Nick.
Jere (@jerejj)
27th June 2024, 10:02
As I assumed & expected for a little while.
Matthijs (@matthijs)
27th June 2024, 10:04
Alpine has 2 drivers with similar ability, similar experience level and similar media appeal. One of them signs a “multi year contract”, the other one might not even see the end of this season. What a difference personality and mentality makes, apparently.
pcxmac (@pcxmac)
27th June 2024, 10:10
yeah, some people compromise, others wont. But its not surprising a weak team would want a driver like that. And yes, having worked with pitiful firms, like Alpine, who only know how to lose, I completely understand why Ocon is leaving, because he doesn’t fit in there. And thats probably a good sign. Renault need to leave F1, or figure it out. Denial is no way to run a business.
HAL
27th June 2024, 10:42
The issue is not that Ocon does not compromise. It’s that he does not control his compulsion to beat his teammate whatever the cost for himself or the team. He’s can’t even keep it together when he’s 10 behind his teammate in 9th place. For a driver that has a victory and podiums, it says a lot (even Ham pretends he doesn’t care to finish behind Russel for such low position)… Plain stupid.
Anyway, I very much doubt it’s Ocon’s choice – even though at this stage he his probably happy to seek green passture. He has been with the team for 5 years and never really took on a leading role, he was beaten by Gasly in his first year…
Alpine made a lot of mistake and can easily be criticized for many things, but this decision is a fully logical one. Hopefully with bad boy Briatore back in the team, they will find a better route for the future.
pcxmac (@pcxmac)
27th June 2024, 13:21
you’re right, Alpine needs a team player they can control, because they can’t offer results, they at least have to look good doing it. But, until Renault’s garbage leadership leaves that team, and they stick a Ferrari motor in their car, and get some better sponsors, nothing is happening. It would be ironic if they went with Mercedes though, lolz, 2026 is going to be a great year if you are a Red Bull or Ferrari fan ;)
SteveP
27th June 2024, 19:20
Frankly, I think you could just as easily replace the name Ocon with Gasly in that statement. I recall predicting collisions etc. when they first announced the line up.
HAL
27th June 2024, 10:32
I mean of course mentality and personality plays a role, it is true for every positions, every job. It certainly make sense for Alpine to bring some fresh blood and keep 1 of the 2 drivers – no brainer to keep Gasly.
Nick T.
27th June 2024, 10:57
The seed of all their problems was giving Ocon a long term contract when they had zero need to handcuff themselves into one. He had no other options. And, due to that contract, they ended up losing Alonso and Piastri, which in turn led to the beginning of the mass firings that have continued until this day more 2 years later.
I’m betting with Briatore there, they haven’t made such a silly mistake. I’m betting this is two-year deal with a one year option on their end..
PS – It Audi were trying to get Gasly, this is yet another embarrassment.
F1statsfan (@f1statsfan)
27th June 2024, 10:16
That is certainly a way to ensure you never will win the driver championship.
Alpine is not getting anywhere and the future is more likely worse rather than better. From all the teams I see the least racing DNA in Alpine.
PacificPR (@streydt)
27th June 2024, 10:46
Well.. who knows maybe they have signed Newey and they will ditch the Renault engines for Mercedes and it’s a brilliant move by Gasly! Can’t see why Gasly would have stayed otherwise.
HAL
27th June 2024, 11:54
Alpine has screwed itself in the last years and instead of catching up with the top team, they basically exploded… But I feel the very difficult start of the year make us see it worse than it is.
At the end of the day, Renault has re-invested massively in Enstone. Overall the team must have decent tools and workforce. If a revised management (Sanchez, Briatore ?…) can put it together (and maybe going to a Merc engine), they should go be able to quickly go back to a decent form. Maybe not top team, but Aston Martin level…
My point being that for Gasly, I don’t think there was really a better option. And potentially, the same reasoning will be true for Sainz.
Haas may have decent year once in a while, but they are still not designing their car and seem destined to stay in the low tier of F1. Audi is an exiting project, but they have to re-build a Sauber that was massively underfunded for 2 decades and they come with a brand new home made engine in 2026. They won’t be performing well before 2027 at best, more likely 2028/2029. Williams is rebuilding itself from the grave and they are certainly on for a long journey. Sure, the last 2 years were decent, but if you look at where they are this year, they are still a long way off.
Frank
27th June 2024, 11:59
He might not have (m)any other options. Haas, Williams and Audi/Sauber seem to have their eye on other drivers – and even then, they might not be better than Alpine next year.
Can’t see him being consiered for the Mercedes seat.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
27th June 2024, 13:19
Honestly though, I don’t see gasly as a potential championship contending driver, even with the right car, judging by his career performances I can’t see him being better than the ricciardo of old, who himself could’ve only won the title in a 2009-like season.
Alesici
27th June 2024, 10:16
Much as I absolutely hate Famin and Briatore, I think the Alpine A110 is objectively the best road car currently being made, and am very sad that I seem to be the only person to have noticed this. So I’m glad they’ve kept hold of one of the F1 team’s last assets left, having fired virtually all the others.
Coventry Climax
27th June 2024, 11:55
Don’t be sad. Put your energy in how come you’re the only one.
Roughly speaking, there’s two possible outcomes for that; madness or genius.
If I remember correctly, the A110 project started out as a joint venture between Renault and Caterham, but it wasblown asunder for various reasons, with Renault certainly playing their part in that.
Renault came up with the A110 – eventually, and indeed it seems a nice car.
Caterham though, being the tiny car factory they are, have eventually come up with their “Project V”. From what I’ve seen sofar, that’s a car that’s more to my liking than the A110.
But let’s not give roadcars – any type, any brand- the predicate ‘best roadcar currently being made’, shall we? That’s a matter of personal preference and context – and measuring standards- altogether.
Alesici
27th June 2024, 13:54
Hence my use of the word ‘objectively’. To be honest there’s not much competition. The A110 is the only liveable, affordable(ish) lightweight sportscar made today. The consensus seems to be that its ride and handling are outstanding, which are very important intangible factors overlooked by the masses. Gordon Murray says his A110 daily driver is the best car ever in this regard.
Project V is interesting, but vapourware until it’s made, existing Caterhams are pretty tricky to live with, and the A110’s direct competition, the Boxster/Cayman, is 250kg heavier. The latter have the advantage of a manual option, but that is 100% nullified by their 2nd gear being set long enough for 85mph. And sadly the Lotus Emira is 300kg heavier than the A110.
The Mazda MX-5 is the closest competition. 40kg lighter than the A110, and much cheaper, but it’s a lower quality, a little bit slow and cramped. A fine choice nonetheless.
Coventry Climax
28th June 2024, 1:43
I’ve used both my Caterham and Elise (S1) as daily (over 150 km) commutes for quite a couple of years actually.
Yes, the Caterham takes ‘dedication’, but still very doable, specifically when it doesn’t rain. The Elise is easy to use. Both are brilliant cars of 540 kg / 140 BHP and 740 kg / 175 BHP respectively. So the Alpine weighs more than twice(!) the Caterham, and some 370 kg more than the Elise. Sorry to say, but to me, that makes the Alpine an obese car, to say the least. 370 kg, that’s like going to the racetrack with 4 very well nourished passengers on board. Compared to the Caterham, that’s even some 7(!) persons less than the Alpine. Ha, that’s BoP to the extreme ;-).
Caterham have been working on a new type of car for quite some time already, as they know the ‘7’ concept won’t last for ever, with regulations getting ever tighter, and they’ll have to eventually come up with something else, that, though different, will still not chase away their customer base, and preferably even expand on it.
To Caterham, that’s a matter of life and death, so to speak, which cannot be said of Alpine/Renault.
Alesici
4th July 2024, 9:24
Excellent choices! My respect for you has made a significant step up.
It’s incredibly sad that Lotus recently stopped making the Elise which at 900kg and 240bhp also made the Alpine look obese. There is no replacement for it by any manufacturer, so it was really dumb to discontinue it. The Alpine is closest but still miles off.
I wish Caterham the best of luck, the 7 is a super car. Amazingly, it was the sound of their indicator that was the nail in its coffin for my custom. It is *that* cringe-inducing! Such a silly thing to get so wrong.
Mayrton
27th June 2024, 11:20
The poor man!
Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
27th June 2024, 12:20
I guess it makes sense all around. They were hardly going to dump Gasly having just agreed to part company with Ocon. He’s not a bad driver and has done OK recently. Where else was he going to go? It’s far from clear that there any better options available to him.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
27th June 2024, 13:35
Absolutely, depending on circumstances alpine can be the 6th best car and when aston is really bad even 5th, all others are considered top teams and pretty much have their seats locked in, even though I strongly disagree with keeping perez at red bull.
Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
27th June 2024, 14:31
It would have seemed a strange decision but I think there was still quite a good case for moving Daniel or even Yuki to the main RB team. Perez isn’t setting the world alight and would either of them really have been worse? I think I read he’s scored 8 points in the last 4 races.
I think they kept Perez just for stability’s sake.
Riker (@corsair)
28th June 2024, 2:28
Another predictable outcome that is still unfortunate. Really hoping they put Doohan in the other car. They’ve clearly benefitted from the work he’s done.
Although, consider what Alpine did with their other young Australian F1 driver, I wouldn’t be surprised if they lose Doohan to another team.