Pierre Gasly driving the A525 at the Japanese Grand Prix . Qualifying session
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Gasly hails big progress and strong Sector 1 performance by Alpine in F1 Japanese GP qualifying

Pierre Gasly is starting P11 on the grid for the F1 Japanese GP. The Frenchmen clocked a time of 1:27.822 in Q2, missing out on the top 10 by 0.039s as Alex Albon narrowly took the final slot. However, he reflected that the qualifying session has made him slightly more optimistic for tomorrow’s race, stating…

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Alpine are still optimistic about qualifying on Saturday after massive setback from Jack Doohan's FP2 crash at the F1 Japanese GP on Friday
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Alpine optimistic about qualifying despite Doohan’s massive FP2 crash at F1 Japanese GP

Although Alpine kicked off their race weekend at the F1 Japanese GP in high spirits with reserve driver Ryo Hirakawa impressing his home crowd and team principal Oliver Oakes in his rookie FP1 session, their fortunes took a turn for the worse as Jack Doohan suffered a massive high-speed crash during the second practice session…

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Liam Lawson in the Japanese Grand Prix paddock
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Former Red Bull F1 juniors break silence on Liam Lawson demotion

Liam Lawson struggled immensely throughout the opening two rounds of the world championship alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull, leading to Yuki Tsunoda getting an opportunity at the F1 Japanese GP. The New Zealander failed to start from the grid in both Australia, China, and the Sprint in Shanghai as Lawson lacked confidence alongside the…

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Christian Horner has revealed that engineers' concern about Liam Lawson's mental state encouraged Red Bull to replace him with Yuki Tsunoda ahead of the F1 Japanese GP
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Horner reveals concerned engineers prompted Red Bull to replace Lawson with Tsunoda before F1 Japanese GP

Christian Horner has addressed the latest modification to the driver line-up at Red Bull, with Liam Lawson demoted back to Racing Bulls and Yuki Tsunoda set to drive alongside Max Verstappen from the F1 Japanese GP onwards. The second seat at Red Bull has been a thorn in their side for several years now, with…

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Lewis Hamilton's car being checked at the Chinese GP
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Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly disqualified from F1 Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly have all been disqualified from the F1 Chinese GP, the FIA has announced. This comes after Leclerc and Gasly’s cars were both found to be under the minimum weight set out by FIA regulations, while Hamilton suffered skid wear that exceeded the permitted level.  Charles Leclerc and Pierre…

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Jack Doohan and Pierre Gasly driving the Alpine A525 during Qualifying at the 2025 Chinese GP.

Gasly: “We’ll just have to do a better job than the others” after Alpine Q1 exit at F1 Chinese GP

It was a disappointing Saturday at the 2025 F1 Chinese GP for BWT Alpine F1 Team’s Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan with both drivers failing to score points during the Sprint Race before being knocked out in the first round of Qualifying. The morning’s Sprint Race brought disappointing results for Alpine, with rookie driver Doohan…

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Pierre Gasly at the Australian Grand Prix, Sunday.
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Gasly “fell on the wrong side” of strategy in “pretty crazy” F1 Australian GP

Alpine F1 driver Pierre Gasly finished just shy of the points at 11th in last weekend’s Australian GP. From 9th on the grid, unfortunate timing hampered what could have been a points finish for the the French driver. Gasly dissapointed with strategic gamble in F1 Australian GP Alpine and Gasly were plagued with issues during…

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Pierre Gasly driving the A525 during Qualifying at the Australian GP 2025
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Gasly “excited” for F1 Australian GP despite lacking the “same feeling” from pre-season testing

Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan will start the first race of the 2025 Formula 1 season from the midfield after an intense qualifying session at the Australian GP. F1 rookie Doohan will start from P14, after failing to make it out of Q2 despite the enthusiastic backing of his home crowd. Yellow flags thanks…

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