"The 26-year-old Frenchman has been with us since 2017 and this continuity will be a great asset, as he enjoys a great working relationship with his group of engineers and everyone in the team
," AlphaTauri explained in a post. communicated.
Gasly had a contract with the Red Bull structure, of which AlphaTauri is the “sister” team, until the end of 2023 and this extension is not a surprise.
The future within the main Red Bull team is indeed blocked by the Dutch world champion Max Verstappen, under contract until 2028, and the Mexican Sergio Pérez, who has just extended until the end of 2024.
, said the Rouennais.
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Not yet in the foreground
Gasly had been promoted in 2019 at Red Bull, but the Austrian team, judging that he was not performing well, did not give him time and demoted him to Toro Rosso (former name of AlphaTauri) halfway through. -season.
Since then, the French driver has won a prestigious victory at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix. He also has two other podiums (Brazil-2019 and Azerbaijan-2021), in 95 Grands Prix since 2017. According to his boss at AlphaTauri , Franz Tost, "
he is definitely part of the group of the best F1 drivers"
.
His future blocked at Red Bull, Pierre Gasly hopes to find after 2023 a bucket seat in another team capable of playing for the title.