Overview
Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Alpine. 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. He won at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix while driving for AlphaTauri, securing both his and the teams' 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.
Personal life
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.
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