Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Alpine. Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with AlphaTauri.
Born and raised in Normandy, Gasly began competitive kart racing aged 10. Graduating to junior formulae in 2011, Gasly finished third in the French F4 Championship that year with the FFSA Academy. He won his first championship at the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2013 with Tech 1. Gasly then progressed to the GP2 Series, winning the championship in 2016 with Prema Racing amid a close title battle with Antonio Giovinazzi. He moved to Super Formula the following year, finishing runner-up to Hiroaki Ishiura with Team Mugen, and debuted in Formula E at the New York City ePrix for Renault e.dams.
A member of the Red Bull Junior Team since 2014, Gasly made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, replacing Daniil Kvyat for the remainder of the season. He completed a full-time move to Toro Rosso for , before being promoted to parent team Red Bull in . Gasly was demoted after the , replaced by Alexander Albon; he achieved his maiden podium at the that year with Toro Rosso. In , Gasly took his maiden victory at the whilst driving for the re-branded AlphaTauri. He achieved a third podium for the team at the in . Gasly moved to Alpine for his campaign, scoring his first podium for the team at the , repeating this feat at the rain-affected in .
As of the , Gasly has achieved race win, fastest laps and podiums in Formula One. Gasly is contracted to remain at Alpine until at least the end of the 2028 season.
Gasly's family has long been involved in . His grandfather competed in Kart racing, his grandmother a kart champion, and his father Jean Jacques has also competed in various categories of racing including Kart racing, endurance racing and rallying. His father stopped rallying when he 'fell off a mountain' after his co-driver made a mistake reading the pace note. At the age of six, Gasly first experienced karting at a local karting track in Anneville-Ambourville. He was 13 years old when he left Rouen for Le Mans after his commitment for competitive racing.
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 for several years. He has been close friends with Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon since a young age. However, his relationship with Ocon deteriorated during their karting career. In 2019 he moved to Milan. Besides his native French, Gasly also speaks Italian and English.
Gasly has been dating Francisca Gomes since October 2022. Gomes is a model and influencer and she is signed to the Portugal-based modeling agency Central Models. The couple went official in the start of 2023.
Gasly moved to the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery in 2012, joining R-Ace GP in the Formula Renault Eurocup. He finished tenth with six point-scoring finishes, including podiums at Spa and the Nürburgring. He also had seven starts in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, taking a podium at the Nürburgring.
For 2013, Gasly moved to Tech 1 Racing. He took five podiums, as well as victories at Moscow Raceway, the Hungaroring and Le Castellet. He held an eleven-point lead over Oliver Rowland into the final meeting at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and ultimately clinched the title with third and sixth-place finishes; the latter result coming after a collision with Rowland, who received a drive-through penalty as a result.
The driver jumped to Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, where he was hired by Arden Motorsport under the Red Bull Junior Team development program. He finished the season as runner-up to another Red Bull Junior Carlos Sainz Jr., collecting eight podiums in the seventeen races.
Gasly switched to newcomers Prema Powerteam alongside 2015 European Formula 3 runner-up and GP2 rookie Antonio Giovinazzi for 2016. He went on to become the GP2 Series champion that season.
Gasly came under increasing pressure at the , where he finished sixth having been lapped by Verstappen. Despite Gasly's poor results, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and advisor Helmut Marko stated that the team intended to keep Gasly until the end of the season. At this stage of the season, Gasly was sixth in the drivers' championship with 63 points. Verstappen, meanwhile, had recorded 181 points, two race wins, five podium finishes, and one pole position.
During the remainder of the season at Toro Rosso, partnering with Daniil Kvyat, Gasly achieved five points finishes, including ninth place at his first race back at the team at the . His best result came at the , where he qualified in seventh place and took advantage of retirements from Valtteri Bottas and both Scuderia Ferrari drivers, as well as a collision between Lewis Hamilton and Alex Albon, to finish the race in second place after holding off Hamilton in a straight drag to the finish line. This marked the first podium finish of Gasly's Formula One career, Toro Rosso's best race result since the 2008 Italian Grand Prix, and Honda's first 1–2 finish since the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix. On his cool-down lap, Gasly remarked over the radio: "This is the best day of my life". He ended the season seventh in the drivers' championship with 95 points; during his nine races back at Toro Rosso, he scored 32 points compared to 10 for teammate Kvyat in the same period.
At the , an early pit stop allowed Gasly to pass several drivers - who had to wait for the pitlane to open during a safety car procedure - promoting him to third place. As race leader Hamilton entered the pits to serve a penalty and second-placed driver Lance Stroll lost places at the restart, Gasly inherited the lead of the race and held off the late-charging Carlos Sainz Jr. to take his first win in Formula One, becoming the 109th different race winner and the first French driver to win a Grand Prix since Olivier Panis' victory at the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, 24 years prior. This prompted speculation that Gasly could return to Red Bull, as his replacement, Alex Albon, finished only fifteenth. Gasly remarked that he was 'ready' to do so. AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost praised Gasly's race but dismissed the possibility of Gasly returning to Red Bull in the near future.
Gasly was eliminated in a first-lap collision at the following race, the . He scored points at the next three races, including fifth place at the , but retired with a coolant leak at the having qualified a season-best fourth. He finished the 2020 season tenth in the drivers' championship with 75 points, ahead of teammate Kvyat's 32 points.
At the , Gasly crashed out in sprint qualifying after he made contact with Daniel Ricciardo, wedging his front wing underneath his wheels. He retired from the race on lap four due to damaged suspension. He finished sixth at the despite a penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso. Gasly started on the front row for the first time at the but finished the race outside the points. Gasly finished the season ninth in the drivers' standings with his highest ever points tally in a single season, scoring 110 points to teammate Tsunoda's 32.
He was set to start the from eighth place, however an electrical issue shortly before the race forced him to start from the pit lane. He recovered to the points positions, finishing ninth. His final points of the season came at the Italian and Singapore Grands Prix. Gasly had run in seventh place in Singapore, but complained that the team "threw away" this result by switching him to dry-weather tyres too early, dropping him to tenth. At the , Gasly criticised the deployment of a recovery tractor in wet conditions to extract Carlos Sainz Jr.'s crashed car, describing it as "disrespectful" to the memory of the late Jules Bianchi and stating "I could have killed myself". He received a penalty for speeding under the subsequent red flag and was demoted to eighteenth place. Gasly ended the season fourteenth in the drivers' championship, scoring 23 points to Tsunoda's 12.
After the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in June, AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost confirmed that Gasly had a contract with the team and would remain with them for . In August and September, information emerged that Alpine were targeting Gasly after Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri both left the team, and that Red Bull were willing to release him. Gasly's move to Alpine for 2023 was officially announced in October.
In his first race with Alpine at the , Gasly started last after having his qualifying time deleted, but recovered to finish ninth in the race. Gasly was in fifth place when racing resumed after the second red flag at the , but collided with Ocon at the first chicane, causing the retirement of both Alpine cars. His practice running at the was curtailed by an engine fire. He later crashed in qualifying and failed to score points in the sprint or the main race. Gasly qualified in the top ten and scored points at the following three races; this included starting fifth on the grid at the and qualifying fourth at the , before being demoted by two separate penalties for impeding.
Gasly next scored a point at the , where he finished ninth but was dropped one position for track limits infringements. Two retirements from collisions followed; one with Lance Stroll at the and a multi-car accident on the opening lap of the . He qualified sixth for the sprint and an early switch to intermediate tyres promoted him to third place, earning six points. He did not score in the main race, where he finished eleventh. His sprint podium was followed by a Grand Prix podium at the ; he started twelfth and again benefited from an early stop for intermediate tyres. He crossed the finish line fourth but gained a place from Sergio Pérez's penalty, earning his first podium in over two years. Gasly achieved four more points finishes before the end of the season, including sixth-place finishes at the Singapore and United States Grands Prix. He started fourth at the but finished outside the points.
Gasly ended his first season with Alpine eleventh in the World Drivers' Championship with 62 points, one place and four points ahead of teammate Ocon.
Championnat de France — Cadet | 4th | |
Championnat de France — KF3 | 3rd | |
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF3 | 23rd | |
CIK-FIA World Cup — KF3 | 3rd | |
Monaco Kart Cup — KF3 | 16th | |
Grand Prix Open Karting — KF3 | 3rd | |
SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Junior | 3rd | |
WSK Euro Series — KF3 | 15th | |
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF3 | 2nd | |
CIK-FIA World Cup — KF3 | 4th | |
Monaco Kart Cup — KF3 | 3rd | |
Grand Prix Open Karting — KF3 | 1st | |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 23rd | |
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 6th | |
Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | |
GP2 Series | Caterham Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
Formula One | Red Bull Racing | Reserve driver | ||||||
Formula One | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Test driver | ||||||
Formula One | Red Bull Racing | Reserve driver | ||||||
Formula One | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Test driver | ||||||
Super Formula | Team Mugen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 2nd |
Formula One | Red Bull Racing | Reserve driver | ||||||
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Season still in progress.
2011 | LÉD 1 | LÉD 2 | NOG 1 | NOG 2 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | VDV 1 | VDV 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | ALB 1 | ALB 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 104 |
2012 ! nowrap | R-ace GP | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | Autodrom Most | Autodrom Most | Autodrom Most | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 ! 23rd ! 78 |
2012 ! nowrap | R-ace GP | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | Moscow Raceway | Moscow Raceway | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 ! 10th ! 49 | ||
2013 ! nowrap | Tech 1 Racing | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | Moscow Raceway | Moscow Raceway | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 195 |
2013 !nowrap | Tech 1 Racing | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | IMO1 1 | IMO1 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | Mugello Circuit | Mugello Circuit | IMO2 1 | IMO2 2 !6th !72 |
2014 !nowrap | Arden Motorsport | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | MON 1 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | Moscow Raceway | Moscow Raceway | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | JER 1 | JER 2 !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 192 |
2014 !nowrap | Caterham Racing | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SOC FEA | SOC SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR ! 29th ! 0 | ||
2015 !nowrap | DAMS | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SOC FEA | SOC SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR ! 8th ! 110 | ||
2016 !nowrap | Prema Powerteam | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | BAK FEA | BAK SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | HOC SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 219 | |
!nowrap Renault e.dams !nowrap | Spark SRT01-e !nowrap | Renault Sport Z.E. 16 | HKG | MRK | BUE | MEX | MCO | PAR | BER | BER | NYC | NYC | MTL | MTL ! 16th ! 18 |
2017 !nowrap | Team Mugen ! Honda | Suzuka Circuit | OKA | OKA | Fuji Speedway | MOT | Autopolis | Sportsland SUGO | Suzuka Circuit | Suzuka Circuit !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 33 |
!nowrapScuderia Toro Rosso !nowrap | Toro Rosso STR12 !nowrap | Toro Rosso 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | AUS | CHN | BHR | RUS | ESP | MON | CAN | AZE | AUT | GBR | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | MAL | JPN | USA | MEX | BRA | ABU | !21st !0 | |||
!nowrapRed Bull Toro Rosso Honda !nowrap | Scuderia Toro Rosso STR13 !nowrap | Honda RA618H 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | AUS | BHR | CHN | AZE | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | AUT | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | RUS | JPN | USA | MEX | BRA | ABU | ! 15th ! 29 | ||
!nowrap Aston Martin Red Bull Racing !nowrap | Red Bull Racing RB15 ! rowspan="2" nowrap | Honda RA619H 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | AUS | BHR | CHN | AZE | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | AUT | GBR | GER | HUN | ! rowspan="2" 7th ! rowspan="2" | 95 | ||||||||||
!nowrapScuderia AlphaTauri Honda !nowrap | AlphaTauri AT01 !nowrap | Honda RA620H 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | ! ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
!nowrapScuderia AlphaTauri Honda !nowrap | AlphaTauri AT02 !nowrap | Honda RA621H 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | ! ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
!nowrapScuderia AlphaTauri !nowrap | AlphaTauri AT03 !nowrap | Red Bull RBPTH001 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | ! ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
!nowrap BWT Alpine F1 Team !nowrap | Alpine A523 !nowrap | Renault E-Tech 23 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | ! ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
!nowrap BWT Alpine F1 Team !nowrap | Alpine A524 !nowrap | Renault E-Tech 24 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | ! ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2025 !BWT Alpine F1 Team !Alpine A525 !Renault E-Tech 25 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | ! * ! * | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Season still in progress.
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