As of the2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Gasly has achieved one race win, three fastest laps and five podiums in Formula One. Gasly is contracted to remain at Alpine until at least the end of the 2028 season.[2]
Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly was born on 7 February 1996 inRouen, France, to father Jean-Jacques Gasly and mother Pascale.[3][4][5] Gasly is the youngest of five and has fourhalf brothers: twomaternal from his mother's previous marriage, Nicolas Caron and Cyril Caron; and twopaternal from his father's previous marriage, Phillipe Gasly and Paul Gasly.[6][7] Gasly was raised Christian and routinely makes the sign of the cross to bless himself before races.[8][better source needed]
Gasly's family has long been involved inmotorsports. His grandfather competed inkarting, his grandmother a kart champion, and his father Jean Jacques has also competed in various categories of racing includingkarting,endurance racing andrallying.[9][10] His father stopped rallying when he 'fell off [a] mountain' after his co-driver made a mistake reading the pace note.[10] At the age of six, Gasly first experienced karting at a local karting track inAnneville-Ambourville.[7] He was 13 years old when he left Rouen for Le Mans after his commitment for competitive racing.[10]
Gasly grew up alongsideAnthoine Hubert; karting with him since the age of seven, being educated at the same private school and having resided together asroommates for several years.[11] He has been close friends withCharles Leclerc andEsteban Ocon[12] since a young age. However, his relationship with Ocon deteriorated during their karting career.[13] In 2019 he moved toMilan.[14] Besides his native French, Gasly also speaks Italian[15] and English.
Gasly has been dating Francisca Gomes since October 2022. Gomes is a model and influencer and she is signed to the Portugal-based modeling agency Central Models. The couple went official in the start of 2023.[16]
Gasly entered competitivekarting in 2006 at the age of ten, when he finished fifteenth in the French Minime Championship,[17] before he finished fourth the following year.[18] In 2008 he stepped up to the French Cadet Championship,[19] before moving to the international scene in 2009. He moved into theKF3 category, staying until the end of 2010, when he finished as runner-up in theCIK-FIA European Championship.[20]
Gasly moved to the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery in 2012, joining R-Ace GP in theFormula Renault Eurocup.[23] He finished tenth with six point-scoring finishes, including podiums at Spa and theNürburgring.[24] He also had seven starts in theFormula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, taking a podium at the Nürburgring.
For2013, Gasly moved toTech 1 Racing.[25] He took five podiums, as well as victories atMoscow, theHungaroring and Le Castellet.[20][26] He held an eleven-point lead overOliver Rowland into the final meeting atCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and ultimately clinched the title with third and sixth-place finishes; the latter result coming after a collision with Rowland, who received a drive-through penalty as a result.[27]
Gasly made hisGP2 Series debut in 2014 atMonza circuit in support ofItalian Grand Prix, replacingCaterham Racing driverTom Dillmann who had commitments at other racing series and was unable to participate in GP2 Series races for that weekend.[28] He then partook in post-season testing, driving forDAMS and signed with the French team to race alongside the British driverAlex Lynn, development driver ofWilliams F1 Team.[29] Though taking three pole positions and four podiums, Gasly experienced an uneven season, including causing collisions inBahrain,Spa andYas Marina (which got the subsequent race cancelled), which saw him finish eighth, two places behind teammate Lynn.
Gasly and Hartley became full-time Toro Rosso drivers for the2018 season. At theBahrain Grand Prix, Gasly qualified sixth but was promoted to fifth on the grid after a penalty forLewis Hamilton. He finished the race in fourth place afterKimi Räikkönen retired, earning his first points finish in Formula One.[36] A week later inChina, he crashed into teammate Hartley in what the two confessed as being a 'miscommunication'.[37] Gasly recorded four more points finishes during the season, including seventh place atMonaco and sixth place atHungary. He ended the season in fifteenth place in the championship with 29 points, comfortably ahead of Hartley's total of four points.
Gasly was contracted to drive forRed Bull Racing for the2019 season, partneringMax Verstappen following the departure ofDaniel Ricciardo to Renault.[38][39] Gasly qualified seventeenth at his first race with the team, theAustralian Grand Prix and failed to score in the race. He again failed to qualify in the top ten at the followingBahrain Grand Prix, and retired from sixth place with a driveshaft issue at theAzerbaijan Grand Prix. He scored points at the following six races but finished a lap behind the leaders at theCanadian,French andAustrian Grands Prix, the latter of which was won by Verstappen.[40] His best result with Red Bull Racing came at theBritish Grand Prix where he finished fourth after Verstappen andSebastian Vettel collided ahead. At theGerman Grand Prix, Gasly retired after colliding withAlex Albon's Toro Rosso in an attempt to overtake for sixth place.
Gasly came under increasing pressure at theHungarian Grand Prix, where he finished sixth having been lapped by Verstappen. Despite Gasly's poor results, Red Bull team principalChristian Horner and advisorHelmut Marko stated that the team intended to keep Gasly until the end of the season.[41][40] At this stage of the season, Gasly was sixth in the drivers' championship with 63 points. Verstappen, meanwhile, had recorded 181 points, two race wins, five podium finishes, and one pole position.
Ahead of theBelgian Grand Prix, Gasly was demoted back to junior team Toro Rosso with Alex Albon taking his place at Red Bull.[42] Red Bull stated that the swap was made in order to "make an informed decision as to who will drive alongside Max [Verstappen] in 2020",[43] with Horner remarking that "we desperately need [Gasly] realising more of the potential of the car."[44]
During the remainder of the season at Toro Rosso, partnering with Daniil Kvyat, Gasly achieved five points finishes, including ninth place at his first race back at the team at theBelgian Grand Prix. His best result came at theBrazilian Grand Prix, where he qualified in seventh place and took advantage of retirements fromValtteri Bottas and bothFerrari drivers, as well as a collision between Lewis Hamilton and Alex Albon, to finish the race in second place after holding off Hamilton in a straight drag to the finish line. This marked the first podium finish of Gasly's Formula One career, Toro Rosso's best race result since the2008 Italian Grand Prix, andHonda's first 1–2 finish since the1991 Japanese Grand Prix. On his cool-down lap, Gasly remarked over the radio: "This is the best day of my life".[45] He ended the season seventh in the drivers' championship with 95 points; during his nine races back at Toro Rosso, he scored 32 points compared to 10 for teammate Kvyat in the same period.
Gasly was retained by the team, along with Kvyat, as they rebranded toScuderia AlphaTauri.[46] Gasly achieved four points finishes in the first seven races of the season, with best results of seventh place at theAustrian andBritish Grands Prix.
At theItalian Grand Prix, an early pit stop allowed Gasly to pass several drivers - who had to wait for the pitlane to open during a safety car procedure - promoting him to third place. As race leader Hamilton entered the pits to serve a penalty and second-placed driverLance Stroll lost places at the restart, Gasly inherited the lead of the race and held off the late-charging Carlos Sainz Jr. to take his first win in Formula One,[47] becoming the 109th different race winner and the first French driver to win a Grand Prix sinceOlivier Panis' victory at the1996 Monaco Grand Prix, 24 years prior.[48] This prompted speculation that Gasly could return to Red Bull, as his replacement, Alex Albon, finished only fifteenth. Gasly remarked that he was 'ready' to do so.[49] AlphaTauri team principalFranz Tost praised Gasly's race but dismissed the possibility of Gasly returning to Red Bull in the near future.[50]
Gasly was eliminated in a first-lap collision at the following race, theTuscan Grand Prix. He scored points at the next three races, including fifth place at thePortuguese Grand Prix, but retired with a coolant leak at theEmilia Romagna Grand Prix having qualified a season-best fourth. He finished the 2020 season tenth in the drivers' championship with 75 points, ahead of teammate Kvyat's 32 points.
Gasly was retained by AlphaTauri for2021,[51] partnered by Japanese rookieYuki Tsunoda. He qualified fifth for the season-openingBahrain Grand Prix but collided with Daniel Ricciardo and later retired from the race. He then scored points at the following six races, including his third career podium at theAzerbaijan Grand Prix. He qualified fourth, dropped to fifth early in the race, but benefited from a tyre failure for Max Verstappen and a mistake from Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages and prevailed in a battle withCharles Leclerc on the penultimate lap to finish third.[52] Gasly's points streak ended at theStyrian Grand Prix when he was eliminated by a first-lap collision with Leclerc. A late-race puncture at theBritish Grand Prix dropped Gasly out of the points positions.[53]
At theItalian Grand Prix, Gasly crashed out in sprint qualifying after he made contact with Daniel Ricciardo, wedging his front wing underneath his wheels. He retired from the race on lap four due to damaged suspension.[54] He finished sixth at theTurkish Grand Prix despite a penalty for causing a collision withFernando Alonso. Gasly started on the front row for the first time at theQatar Grand Prix but finished the race outside the points.[55] Gasly finished the season ninth in the drivers' standings with his highest ever points tally in a single season, scoring 110 points to teammate Tsunoda's 32.[56]
Gasly continued to race for AlphaTauri in2022 alongside Tsunoda.[57] An engine fire caused his retirement from the season-openingBahrain Grand Prix. He scored points at theSaudi Arabian andAustralian Grands Prix, but failed to do so at the following four races, which included retirement from a collision withLando Norris at theMiami Grand Prix. He ended the zero-point streak by finishing fifth at theAzerbaijan Grand Prix.[58] Five more races without points followed, including a collision with teammate Tsunoda that ended his race at theBritish Grand Prix. Gasly qualified tenth at theAustrian Grand Prix but collided with Lewis Hamilton in the sprint and Sebastian Vettel in the race, finishing fifteenth.
He was set to start theBelgian Grand Prix from eighth place, however an electrical issue shortly before the race forced him to start from the pit lane. He recovered to the points positions, finishing ninth.[59] His final points of the season came at theItalian andSingapore Grands Prix. Gasly had run in seventh place in Singapore, but complained that the team "threw away" this result by switching him to dry-weather tyres too early, dropping him to tenth.[60] At theJapanese Grand Prix, Gasly criticised the deployment of a recovery tractor in wet conditions to extract Carlos Sainz Jr.'s crashed car, describing it as "disrespectful" to the memory of the lateJules Bianchi and stating "I could have killed myself".[61][62] He received a penalty for speeding under the subsequentred flag and was demoted to eighteenth place. Gasly ended the season fourteenth in the drivers' championship, scoring 23 points to Tsunoda's 12.
After theAzerbaijan Grand Prix in June, AlphaTauri team principalFranz Tost confirmed that Gasly had a contract with the team and would remain with them for2023.[63] In August and September, information emerged thatAlpine were targeting Gasly afterFernando Alonso andOscar Piastri both left the team, and that Red Bull were willing to release him.[64][65][66] Gasly's move to Alpine for 2023 was officially announced in October.[67]
Gasly driving his Alpine A523 during the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix
Gasly signed a multi-year contract to race forAlpine in2023, partnering fellow Frenchman and former karting rivalEsteban Ocon.[67] AlphaTauri allowed Gasly to join Alpine for the post-season testing immediately after the2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[68]
In his first race with Alpine at theBahrain Grand Prix, Gasly started last after having his qualifying time deleted, but recovered to finish ninth in the race.[69] Gasly was in fifth place when racing resumed after the second red flag at theAustralian Grand Prix, but collided with Ocon at the firstchicane, causing the retirement of both Alpine cars. His practice running at theAzerbaijan Grand Prix was curtailed by an engine fire.[70] He later crashed in qualifying and failed to score points in the sprint or the main race. Gasly qualified in the top ten and scored points at the following three races; this included starting fifth on the grid at theMiami Grand Prix and qualifying fourth at theSpanish Grand Prix, before being demoted by two separate penalties for impeding.[71]
Gasly next scored a point at theAustrian Grand Prix, where he finished ninth but was dropped one position for track limits infringements.[72] Two retirements from collisions followed; one with Lance Stroll at theBritish Grand Prix and a multi-car accident on the opening lap of theHungarian Grand Prix. He qualified sixth for theBelgian Grand Prix sprint and an early switch tointermediate tyres promoted him to third place, earning six points. He did not score in the main race, where he finished eleventh. His sprint podium was followed by a Grand Prix podium at theDutch Grand Prix; he started twelfth and again benefited from an early stop for intermediate tyres. He crossed the finish line fourth but gained a place fromSergio Pérez's penalty, earning his first podium in over two years. Gasly achieved four more points finishes before the end of the season, including sixth-place finishes at theSingapore andUnited States Grands Prix. He started fourth at theLas Vegas Grand Prix but finished outside the points.
Gasly ended his first season with Alpine eleventh in the World Drivers' Championship with 62 points, one place and four points ahead of teammate Ocon.
Gasly and Ocon remained at Alpine for2024. They qualified in the bottom two positions for theBahrain Grand Prix. Ocon had commented after pre-season testing that the team were "on the back foot" and Gasly described the Bahrain result as "not a surprise".[73][74] Both drivers were again eliminated in the first qualifying session (Q1) at theSaudi Arabian Grand Prix and Gasly was forced into retirement on the first lap of the race with gearbox issues. Gasly finished no higher than 12th position at theAustralian,Japanese,Chinese,Miami, andEmilia Romagna Grands Prix, failing to score points in any of those races.[75] Gasly's teammate, Esteban Ocon, ran upgrades to the Alpine car during the Chinese weekend but Gasly did not, receiving the same upgrades at the Miami Grand Prix.[76] He scored his first point of the season at theMonaco Grand Prix, coming in 10th position, and 2 points at theCanadian Grand Prix, coming in 9th. Gasly then went on to qualify in 7th for theSpanish Grand Prix, before finishing 9th in the main race, whilst grabbing another point at theAustrian Grand Prix. Gasly retired in the next two races at theBritish Grand Prix andHungarian Grand Prix. Gasly bounced back at theDutch Grand Prix with a 9th place and two points, before enduring a four race pointless streak across theItalian,Azerbaijan,Singapore andUnited States Grands Prix, qualifying sixth at the latter. He ended this run by scoring one point at theMexico City Grand Prix by finishing tenth. He had a high-scoring weekend at theSão Paulo Grand Prix, finishing seventh in the sprint, and third in a rain-affected Grand Prix after starting thirteenth, marking Gasly's fifth career podium and his first since the2023 Dutch Grand Prix—the result promoted him from seventeenth to twelfth in the standings. He then qualified a career-best third for theLas Vegas Grand Prix, but retired from the race with a mechanical issue in his third retirement of the season. Gasly ended the season on a high however, as he finished 5th inQatar after holding offCarlos Sainz in the latter stages, and 7th inAbu Dhabi. This would help Alpine beat Haas to 6th in the Constructors' Championship and Gasly to finish 10th in the Drivers' Championship, as he scored 34 points in the final 6 races of the campaign.
In June 2024, Gasly extended his multi-year contract with Alpine until at least the end of 2026,[77] later extending it to 2028.[2] He would be partnering rookieJack Doohan in place of theHaas-bound Ocon.[78] Doohan was replaced byFranco Colapinto following theMiami Grand Prix.[79] He was disqualified from theChinese Grand Prix after hisA525 was found to be underweight.[80]
After his success in GP2, Gasly joinedTeam Mugen, partneringNaoki Yamamoto, to drive a Red Bull-sponsored Honda at the2017 Super Formula Championship.[81] He won two races in a row before his season was effectively cut short by the cancellation of the final round atSuzuka Circuit due toTyphoon Lan. Gasly finished second in the standings, half a point from clinching the championship.[82]
Gasly's Renault e.dams car in the NYC ePrix paddock prior to qualifying
Gasly made a one-offFormula E appearance forRenault e.dams where he replacedSébastien Buemi for the2017 New York ePrix, due to the latter's commitments to theWorld Endurance Championship.[83] In the weekend's first race, Gasly recovered from the poor qualifying performance of 19th to finish seventh in his debut race.[84] Gasly nearly finished on the podium in the second race, hitting the wall on the exit of the final corner while battling for third and limping across the finish line with major damage in fourth.[85]
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance. ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.