Pierre Gasly

Pierre Gasly

Nation:	France
Formula 1 world championship
Status:	active
Start number :	10
First start:	2017 Malaysian Grand Prix
Constructors
2017–2018  Toro Rosso • 2019 Red Bull • 2019–2020 Toro Rosso / AlphaTauri
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup seventh ( 2019 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 54 - - 2
World Cup points :	142
Podiums :	1
Leadership laps :	-
Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

Pierre Gasly (born February 7, 1996 in Rouen ) is a French racing driver . He won the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup in 2013 . He started in the GP2 series from 2014 to 2016 and won the overall standings there in 2016. In 2017 he made his debut in Formula 1 .

Career

Gasly began his motorsport career in karting in 2006 , where he remained active until 2010. Among other things, he finished second in the CIK-FIA-KF3 European Championship and fourth in the World Cup in 2010. In 2011 Gasly entered formula racing . With four wins he immediately came third in the French F4 championship.

In 2012 Gasly switched to R-Ace GP in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . With two third places as the best results, he finished the season in tenth place. With 49 to 78 points he was defeated by Nyck de Vries within the team . In addition, he took part in some races of the northern European Formula Renault for R-Ace GP . He achieved third place. 2013 Gasly stayed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and received a cockpit at Tech 1 Racing . He won the races in Wolokolamsk , Mogyoród and Le Castellet . With a total of eight podium finishes from 14 races, Gasly won the championship. He prevailed with 195 to 179 points against Oliver Rowland . He also took part in six Alpine Formula Renault races for Tech 1 Racing . Only once did he fail to finish in the top 4 and was in sixth place at the end of the season, although he had not taken part in the majority of the races.

Pierre Gasly at the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring in 2014

In 2014 Gasly switched to Arden Motorsport in Formula Renault 3.5 . He was also included in the Red Bull funding program. Gasly stood on the podium eight times, but was unable to win. With 192 to 229 points he was defeated by Carlos Sainz jr. , which was also promoted by Red Bull, and reached second place overall. Internally, he prevailed clearly against William Buller , who had scored 30 points. In addition, Gasly entered the GP2 series season for the ninth race weekend . He competed for Caterham Racing . Two eleventh places were his best results and he finished 29th in the drivers' championship. In 2015 Gasly switched completely to the GP2 series and received a cockpit with the DAMS championship team . Two second places were the best results for Gasly, who, unlike his team-mate Alex Lynn, had no win. Gasly finished the season in eighth place in the drivers' championship. He was tied with Lynn, who was sixth overall. In 2016 Gasly took part in the GP2 series for Prema Racing . At the main race at Silverstone , he won his first GP2 race. The success was also his first victory since 2013. In the further course of the season Gasly won other main races in Mogyoród , Spa-Francorchamps and on Yas Island . With 219 to 211 points, he won the championship ahead of his teammate Antonio Giovinazzi .

Gasly in the Toro Rosso STR12

In 2017 Gasly moved to Japan for Team Mugen in the Super Formula . He won two races and finished second in the drivers' championship. In 2017 Gasly also took part in a race weekend of the FIA Formula E Championship for e.dams. He also remained connected to the Red Bull Formula 1 teams and acted as a substitute driver. At the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix he made his Formula 1 World Championship debut in the Toro Rosso . He initially represented Daniil Kwjat in two races and then succeeded Carlos Sainz jr for the last three races . who left the team during the season. In the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship , Gasly stayed with Toro Rosso. In the second race in Bahrain he scored his first points in Formula 1 in fourth. At the end of the season, he finished 15th overall with 29 points.

For the Formula 1 World Championship in 2019 changed Gasly to Red Bull Racing .

During the summer break following the Hungarian Grand Prix , it was announced that Gasly will be returning to Scuderia Toro Rosso from the Belgian Grand Prix . There he replaced Alexander Albon , who in turn took over Gasly's cockpit at Red Bull Racing. At the Brazilian Grand Prix , he finished second, achieving the first podium of his career. At the end of the season he finished seventh overall with 95 points, which is his best result in Formula 1.

In 2020 he will start again for the team from Faenza , which will now compete under the name Scuderia AlphaTauri and no longer as Scuderia Toro Rosso . After the seventh race, he is currently twelfth in the drivers' standings with 18 points.

statistics

Career stations

2006–2010: karting 2011: French F4 (3rd place) 2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (10th place) 2012: Northern European Formula Renault (23rd place) 2013: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (champion) 2013: Alpine Formula Renault (6th place)

2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (2nd place) 2014 : GP2 series (29th place) 2015 : GP2 series (8th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2016 : GP2 series (champions) 2016 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2017: Super Formula (2nd place) 2017 : Formula E (16th place) 2017 : Formula 1 (21st place) 2018 : Formula 1 (15th place) 2019 : Formula 1 (7th place) 2020 : Formula 1

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2014	Arden Motorsport	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		ONLY		HUN		LEC		JRZ		192	2.
		3	5	9	2	7th	2	4th	18th	2	20th	8th	2	3	2	2	6th	4th

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	Points	rank
2014	EQ8 Caterham Racing	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		0	29
																		17th	DNF	11	11	21st	18th
2015	DAMS	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		110	8th.
		DNF	22nd	7th	3	14th	10	13	6th	4th	3	2	8th	19th	DNF	DNF	12	2	5	6th	7th	5	C.
2016	Prema Racing	ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		219	1.
		3	2	15th	13	DNF	2	DNF	7th	1	7th	1	7th	DSQ	6th	1	4th	4th	2	11	3	1	9

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	rank
2016/17	Renault e.dams	HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR		18th	16.
										7th	4th

( Legend )

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2017	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR12	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	5	-	-	-	-	-	0	21st
2018	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR13	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	-	29	15th
2019	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull Racing RB15	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	12	-	-	-	-	2	63	7th
	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	9	-	1	-	-	-	32
2020	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri AT01	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	7th	-	-	-	-	-	18th	12.
total				54	-	1	-	-	2	142

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
2017
															14th	13		13	12	16
2018
	DNF	4th	18th	12	DNF	7th	11	DNF	11	13	14th	6th	9	14th	13	DNF	11	12	10	13	DNF
2019
	11	8th	6th	DNF	6th	5	8th	10	7th	4th	14 *	6th	9	11	8th	14th	7th	9	16 *	2	18th
2020
	7th	15th	DNF	7th	11	9	8th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Pierre Gasly  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Pierre Gasly
• Career statistics of Pierre Gasly (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gruz David: “Leading the new French generation: Pierre Gasly”. paddockscout.com, September 20, 2013, accessed November 15, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "More motorsport - Lynn and Gasly join the Red Bull Junior Team". Sainz Junior still in the squad. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 18, 2013, accessed December 18, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Philipp Schajer: GP2 - DAMS signs Lynn and Gasly. Two super rookies. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 8, 2015, accessed January 24, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Peter Allen: Pierre Gasly secures GP2 seat with new team Prema for 2016. paddockscout.com, January 25, 2016, accessed on January 25, 2016 . 
5. ^ Ruben Zimmermann: Official: Pierre Gasly drives for Toro Rosso in Malaysia. Motorsport-Total.com, September 26, 2017, accessed September 26, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Formula 1: Red Bull signs Pierre Gasly for 2019 . In: Motorsport-Magazin.com . ( motorsport-magazin.com [accessed on August 21, 2018]).
7. ↑ Surprise: Red Bull replaces Gasly from Belgium with Albon! - Formula1.de-F1-News. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .