Pierre Gasly

Pierre Gasly

Gasly in 2014
Nationality France French
Born (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996
Rouen, France
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2014
Current team Prema Racing
Car no. 21
Former teams Caterham Racing
DAMS
Starts 49
Wins 4
Poles 8
Fastest laps 4
Best finish 1st in 2016
Previous series
2014
2013
2012-13
2012
2011		 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2016
2013		 GP2 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Pierre Gasly (born 7 February 1996 in Rouen) is a French formula racing driver, who was the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series runner-up.

Career

Karting

Gasly entered karting in 2006, when he finished fifteenth in the French Minime Championship,[1] before he finished fourth the following year.[2] In 2008 he stepped up to the French Cadet Championship,[3] before moving to the international scene in 2009. He moved into the KF3 category, staying until the end of 2010, when he finished as runner-up in the CIK-FIA European Championship.[4]

Formula Renault

Pierre Gasly in Motorland Aragón, 2014

In 2011, Gasly made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the French F4 Championship 1.6 litre category.[5] He finished third behind his future Eurocup rivals Matthieu Vaxivière and Andrea Pizzitola with seven podiums, including wins at Spa, Albi and Le Castellet.[6]

Gasly moved to the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery in 2012, joining R-Ace GP in the Formula Renault Eurocup.[7] He finished tenth with six point-scoring finishes, including podiums at Spa and the Nürburgring.[8] He also had seven starts in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, taking a podium at the Nürburgring.

For 2013, Gasly moved to Tech 1 Racing.[9] He took five podiums, as well as victories at Moscow, the Hungaroring and Le Castellet.[4][10] He held an eleven-point lead over Oliver Rowland into the final meeting at Circuit 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.[11]

The driver jumped to Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, where he was hired by Arden under the Red Bull Junior Team development program. He finished season as runner-up to another Red Bull Junior Carlos Sainz Jr., collecting eight podiums in the seventeen races.

GP2 Series

Gasly made his GP2 Series debut in 2014 at Monza circuit in support of Italian Grand Prix, replacing Caterham Racing driver Tom Dillmann who had commitments at other racing series and was unable to participate in GP2 Series races for that weekend.[12] He then partook in post-season testing, driving for DAMS and on 8 January 2015 signed with the French team to race alongside the British driver Alex Lynn, development driver of Williams F1 Team.[13] Though taking three pole positions and four podiums, Gasly experienced an uneven season, including causing collisions in Bahrain, Spa and Yas Marina (which got the subsequent race cancelled), which saw him finish eighth, two places behind teammate Lynn.

In January 2016, it was announced Gasly would switch to newcomers Prema Powerteam alongside 2015 European Formula 3 runner-up and GP2 rookie Antonio Giovinazzi.

Formula 1

On 30 September 2015 Gasly was confirmed to be Red Bull Racing’s reserve driver until the end of the 2015 Formula One season.[14]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2011 French F4 Championship Autosport Academy 14 4 2 1 7 104 3rd
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 R-Ace GP 14 0 1 0 2 32 10th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 7 0 0 0 1 78 23rd
2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Tech 1 Racing 14 3 4 2 8 195 1st
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 6 0 0 0 3 72 6th
Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Arden Motorsport 17 0 1 3 8 192 2nd
GP2 Series Caterham Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 29th
2015 Formula One Red Bull Racing Reserve driver
GP2 Series DAMS 21 0 3 1 4 110 8th
2016 Formula One Red Bull Racing Reserve driver
GP2 Series Prema Racing 22 4 5 3 9 219 1st

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2014 Arden Motorsport MNZ
1
3		 MNZ
2
5		 ALC
1
9		 ALC
2
2		 MON
1
7		 SPA
1
2		 SPA
2
4		 MSC
1
18		 MSC
2
2		 NÜR
1
20		 NÜR
2
8		 HUN
1
2		 HUN
2
3		 LEC
1
2		 LEC
2
2		 JER
1
6		 JER
2
4		 2nd 192

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2014 Caterham Racing BHR
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 MON
FEA		 MON
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 HOC
FEA		 HOC
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 MNZ
FEA
17		 MNZ
SPR
Ret		 SOC
FEA
11		 SOC
SPR
11		 YMC
FEA
21		 YMC
SPR
18		 29th 0
2015 DAMS BHR
FEA
Ret		 BHR
SPR
22		 CAT
FEA
7		 CAT
SPR
3		 MON
FEA
14		 MON
SPR
10		 RBR
FEA
13		 RBR
SPR
6		 SIL
FEA
4		 SIL
SPR
3		 HUN
FEA
2		 HUN
SPR
8		 SPA
FEA
19		 SPA
SPR
Ret		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 MNZ
SPR
12		 SOC
FEA
2		 SOC
SPR
5		 BHR
FEA
6		 BHR
SPR
7		 YMC
FEA
5		 YMC
SPR
C		 8th 110
2016 Prema Racing CAT
FEA
3		 CAT
SPR
2		 MON
FEA
15		 MON
SPR
13		 BAK
FEA
Ret		 BAK
SPR
2		 RBR
FEA
Ret		 RBR
SPR
7		 SIL
FEA
1		 SIL
SPR
7		 HUN
FEA
1		 HUN
SPR
7		 HOC
FEA
DSQ		 HOC
SPR
6		 SPA
FEA
1		 SPA
SPR
4		 MNZ
FEA
4		 MNZ
SPR
2		 SEP
FEA
11		 SEP
SPR
3		 YMC
FEA
1		 YMC
SPR
9		 1st 219

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

  1. ↑ "Championnat de France — Minime 2006". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Championnat de France — Minime 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Championnat de France — Cadet 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 David, Gruz (20 September 2013). "Leading the new French generation: Pierre Gasly". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Drivers 2011". Autosport Academy. French F4 Championship. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Allen, Peter (20 October 2013). "Weekend Review: Bortolotti closes F2 season in dominant fashion". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 October 2013. Pierre Gasly won both races, giving him third in the final standings behind Andrea Pizzitola.
  7. ↑ "New boys and old hands raring to go". Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Renault Sport. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Allen, Peter (11 January 2013). "13 drivers to watch in 2013". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (29 January 2013). "Gasly switches to Tech 1 for second year in the Eurocup". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  10. ↑ Musker, Ant (20 October 2013). "Gasly takes championship lead with controlled race one victory". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  11. ↑ Musker, Ant (20 October 2013). "Gasly crowned champion as Ocon wins final race". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Costa, Massimo (31 August 2014). "Gasly debutta a Monza con Caterham". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  13. ↑ http://callumrowesgp2blog.com/2015/01/08/gasly-lynn-confirmed-as-dams-drivers-for-2015/
  14. ↑ "Pierre Gasly named official Red Bull reserve driver". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

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