“He has fantastic potential” Alpha Tauri’s Boss Franz Tost has high hopes for Pierre Gasly


“He has fantastic potential” Alpha Tauri’s Boss Franz Tost has high hopes for Pierre Gasly

Pierre Gasly

Pierre Gasly, who finished 9th in the last Formula 1 season, has been a consistent driver for the Alpha Tauri team. Gasly, due to his regular finishes at 4th-6th positions, has been nicknamed G4SLY, GA5LY, and 6ASLY.

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The French driver paired with the Japanese rookie Yuki Tsunoda in the 2021 season and led the team to fight for the fifth position against the Alpine F1 team in the Constructors’ Championship. Eventually, Alpine won the battle, but Gasly’s efforts didn’t go unnoticed as he amassed 110 points out of 142 points total of the team. 

Last season Gasly, finished on the podium in Azerbaijan, where he won an excellent battle against Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Lando Norris.

Pierre Gasly on the podium in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2021.
Pierre Gasly on the podium in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2021.

Credited to his performance last season, Gasly’s boss Franz Tost seems happy with his performances and has hopes that the driver continues to grow.

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In his recent statements, Tost appreciated Pierre Gasly by saying, “He made this year another big step forward, a real big step forward. And once more if our car works, he will be there.” Tost seems optimistic about their upcoming car and pins that Gasly will make the most of the new car.

Pierre Gasly
Pierre Gasly

Alpha Tauri’s boss believes that the ex-Red Bull driver is growing and now has experience of setting up the car, managing the tyres, reading the race, all of which is important and evident from the driver’s questions on the radio during the race.

Tost added, “He has fantastic potential, but what’s important is I have still the feeling he can improve.”

“Because that’s decisive if you’re on this level, and if we provide him next year with the competitive car he will be there, 100%.”

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How the fight against the Top-4 can look like for Alpha Tauri and Pierre Gasly

Alpha Tauri F1 boss, Franz Tost
Alpha Tauri F1 boss, Franz Tost

Gasly, who has always been ambitious throughout his career, might have a small obstruction on his path. 

Alpha Tauri’s car for the new era is set to be launched on 14th February 2022. 

Tost admitted that it’ll be challenging to compete against the top teams- Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, and McLaren due to the infrastructure, which albeit growing, is behind the aforementioned teams. 

“If the car works well, I don’t see a reason why we shouldn’t have success with it. But to talk about fighting for a championship…”

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Adding a bit of hope for the fans, he added, “This does not mean we cannot successfully from the time-to-time fight against them.”

“It depends which ingredients we get together”