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“I touched the barriers on many occasions” — Gasly explains how he left it all on the line to make Q3 at F1 Monaco GP

Pierre Gasly had the best qualifying session for Alpine in 2024. For the first time this season the team made it into Q3 with Gasly’s 1:10.856, finishing a superb 5th in Q2. However the major risks that he took in Q2 didn’t pay off in Q3, only ending up 10th with a 1:11.311 as he…

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Alpine F1 has “made a step forward in many areas” and “I’ve seen a lot of positive changes in the background in the team” — Gasly

Pierre Gasly spoke today about his experiences with the BWT Alpine F1 Team this season and his confidence in the A524 going into the Monaco Grand Prix. The French driver, who has yet to score a point this season, stated that he had stopped having any expectations for the Monaco Grand Prix as his experience…

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Alpine F1 “still too much on the limit to be scoring points in every race” — Ocon reflects on disappointing F1 Imola GP

Alpine driver Esteban Ocon faced a tough weekend at the Imola Grand Prix, where the team’s performance fell short of expectations after an encouraging Miami. Speaking post-race, the French driver shared his thoughts on the challenges faced during the race and his outlook for the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix. Reflecting on the race weekend, Ocon…

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“A good step forward in terms of feeling and consistency” — Gasly more comfortable in the A524 after F1 Imola GP weekend

Wrapping up the Imola GP weekend in P16 was the last thing Pierre Gasly wanted. On their last venture out in Miami, teammate Esteban Ocon scored Alpine’s first and only point of the season so far. While Gasly would’ve wanted to build on that momentum, he admits their car is currently unable to do so…

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F1 | Imola GP | Qualifying | Verstappen pips Piastri and Norris to pole in exhilarating session

Q1 Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and George Russell were on mediums to start qualifying. The Brit did pit at the end of his push lap and did not post a time. The Alpine of Esteban Ocon logged a 1:16.645 to kick things off, leading Magnussen, Sargeant, Gasly and Hülkenberg. On the mediums, a 1:16.463 from…

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Gasly can see positives from F1 Miami GP but “nothing’s come my way at the moment since the start of the year”

Pierre Gasly finished the Miami Sprint race P9 so confidence must have been high for race day. As it happened, Gasly would cross the line in the same position he qualified — P12. Meanwhile, his teammate Esteban Ocon went on to score the team’s first point of 2024. The Miami Grand Prix was not without…

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Gasly “could never find the same feeling with the tyres” in Q2 following hugely promising Q1 at the F1 Miami GP

After securing the ninth position in the sprint and placing twelfth in qualifying later in the day, Pierre Gasly has achieved his most notable results of the 2024 season thus far. Alpine’s overweight A524 has led to a season of frustration so far for Gasly and Ocon. They have also been lacking pure performance and…

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F1 Miami GP | Qualifying | Verstappen beats the Ferraris to pole in close session

Q1 Kevin Magnussen posted the first time of the session with a 1:29.015. The Ferraris came out of the traps well, with Carlos Sainz’s 1:28.159 putting him 0.024s ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. Perez, Russell, Piastri, Alonso, Ricciardo, Norris, Hamilton and Tsunoda completed the top 10 after 7 minutes. World Championship leader Max Verstappen came…

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David Sanchez joins Alpine F1 Team as Executive Technical Director

BWT Alpine F1 Team officially announced that David Sanchez will be joining the French based team as Executive Technical Director. He will be responsible of the Performance, Engineering, and Aerodynamic areas of the team.   The Frenchman started his motorsport career as a junior aerodynamicist at Renault F1 Team back in 2005 and has only…

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