Pierre Gasly

Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Alpine.

Gasly entered competitive karting in 2006 at the age of ten, when he finished fifteenth in the French Minime Championship, before he finished fourth the following year.

In 2008 he stepped up to the French Cadet Championship, before moving to the international scene in 2009.

He moved into the KF3 category, staying until the end of 2010, when he finished as runner-up in the CIK-FIA European Championship.

In 2011, Gasly made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the French F4 Championship 1.6-litre category.

He finished third behind his future Eurocup rivals Matthieu Vaxivière and Andrea Pizzitola with seven podiums, including wins at Spa, Albi and Le Castellet.

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, 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 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 made his GP2 Series debut in 2014 at Monza circuit in support of Italian Grand Prix, replacing Caterham Racing driver Tom Dillmann who had commitments at other racing series and was unable to participate in GP2 Series races for that weekend.

He then partook in post-season testing, driving for DAMS and signed with the French team to race alongside the British driver Alex Lynn, development driver of Williams F1 Team.

Though taking three pole positions and four podiums, Gasly experienced an uneven season, including causing collisions in Bahrain, Spa and Yas Marina (which got the subsequent race cancelled), which saw him finish eighth, two places behind teammate Lynn.

Gasly would switch to newcomers Prema Powerteam alongside 2015 European Formula 3 runner-up and GP2 rookie Antonio Giovinazzi for 2016.

He would go on to become the GP2 Series champion that season.

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.

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.

Regardless, Gasly achieved his first podium at the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix, finishing second.

In 2019 he moved to Milan.

Besides his native French, Gasly also speaks Italian and English.

He won at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix while driving for AlphaTauri, securing both his and the team's maiden victory in Formula One.

He would achieve another podium at the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix by finishing third behind eventual race winner Sergio Pérez and Sebastian Vettel.

Gasly moved to Alpine for the 2023 season.

Gasly's first race for the team was the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, in which he finished ninth.

Gasly earned his fourth career podium with a third-place finish at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix when Sergio Pérez was demoted to fourth after a penalty.

Gasly was born in Rouen, France, to father Jean-Jacques Gasly and mother Pascale.

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.

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.

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 roommates 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.