73-541: C43 , C-43 or C.43 may refer to: Alfa Romeo C43 , Formula One car Beech C-43 Traveler , an American biplane Bill C-43 , several bills of the Parliament of Canada C43 road (Namibia) C43 torpedo , a Chinese torpedo Caldwell 43 , a spiral galaxy Caudron C.43 , a French biplane Hiram Cure Airfield in Eaton County, Michigan Marshall C43 ,
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219-483: A chance of points. The restart was chaotic with Zhou sitting in 10th after all the retirements and Bottas sitting in 12th but with Carlos Sainz receiving a penalty for a collision Zhou moved up to 9th scoring his first points of the season. The penalty however couldn't give Bottas points as he was classified 11th. Qualifying for the first sprint weekend in Baku was a mixed bag with Zhou qualifying 16th and Bottas 14th with
292-550: A high-scoring weekend at the São 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 the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix —the result promoted him from seventeenth to twelfth in the standings. He then qualified a career-best third for the Las Vegas Grand Prix , but retired from the race with
365-613: A kart champion, and his father Jean Jacques has also competed in various categories of racing including karting , endurance racing and rallying . His father stopped rallying when he 'fell off [a] mountain' after his co-driver made a mistake reading the pace note. At the age of six, Gasly first experienced karting at a local karting track in Anneville-Ambourville . He was 13 years old when he left Rouen for Le Mans after his commitment for competitive racing. Gasly grew up alongside Anthoine Hubert ; karting with him since
438-539: A lap down but he came out on top finishing 19th. Zhou finished 17th ending a difficult season for Alfa Romeo but fortunately for the team Haas failed to score meaning the American team were unable to jump ahead of them for 9th in the teams' standings. Alfa Romeo ended 2023 9th in the constructors' championship with 16 points compared to 6th place and 55 points in 2022 with Bottas scoring 8th in Bahrain and Qatar marking
511-1085: A mechanical issue in his third retirement of the season. In June 2024, Gasly extended his multi-year contract with Alpine until at least the end of 2026, this time partnering rookie Jack Doohan in place of the Haas -bound Ocon. * Season still in progress. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicates fastest lap) Did not finish, but
584-432: A quiet race finishing in 14th. With Daniel Ricciardo finishing 7th, AlphaTauri jumped ahead of the team for 8th in the constructors' championship but only on countback. Bottas qualified 18th for the São Paulo Grand Prix , with Zhou qualifying 20th and last. Zhou qualified 18th for the sprint and Bottas qualifying 14th. Zhou would finish the sprint 17th with Bottas 19th. In the main race with Charles Leclerc crashing out on
657-507: 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 for 2021 , partnered by Japanese rookie Yuki Tsunoda . He qualified fifth for the season-opening Bahrain 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
730-664: 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. Gasly entered competitive karting in 2006 at the age of ten, when he finished fifteenth in the French Minime Championship, before he finished fourth the following year. In 2008 he stepped up to the French Cadet Championship, before moving to the international scene in 2009. He moved into
803-443: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alfa Romeo C43 The Alfa Romeo C43 is a Formula One car designed and built by Alfa Romeo that competed in the 2023 Formula One World Championship . The car was driven by Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu , both in their second year at the team. On 26 August 2022, Alfa Romeo announced that they would leave Formula One at
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#1732776157904876-401: The 2008 Italian Grand Prix , and Honda 's first 1–2 finish since the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix . On his cool-down lap, Gasly remarked over the radio: "This is the best day of my life". 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
949-542: The 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix with Toro Rosso , replacing Daniil Kvyat . He finished the Malaysian and Japanese Grands Prix outside the points. Gasly was expected to take Carlos Sainz Jr.'s seat at the United States Grand Prix after Sainz left for Renault , but he was forced to miss the race due to a clash with the final round of the 2017 Super Formula Championship . He returned to the team for
1022-505: The 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix , replacing Daniil Kvyat for the remainder of the 2017 season. He completed a full-time move to Toro Rosso for 2018 , before being promoted to Red Bull in 2019 . After the Hungarian Grand Prix , Gasly was demoted and replaced with Alexander Albon , returning to Toro Rosso. Regardless, Gasly achieved his first podium at the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix . In 2020 , Gasly took his maiden win at
1095-592: The 2020 Italian Grand Prix with AlphaTauri . Born and raised in Normandy , Gasly began karting aged six. Graduating to junior formulae in 2011, Gasly won his first championship at the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 . He then won the 2016 GP2 Series with Prema , and finished as runner-up in the 2017 Super Formula Championship with Mugen . A member of the Red Bull Junior Team since 2014, Gasly made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso at
1168-736: The Austrian Grand Prix but collided with Lewis Hamilton in the sprint and Sebastian Vettel in the race, finishing fifteenth. He was set to start the Belgian 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. His final points of the season came at the Italian and Singapore Grands Prix. Gasly had run in seventh place in Singapore, but complained that
1241-566: The Azerbaijan 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 with Charles Leclerc on the penultimate lap to finish third. Gasly's points streak ended at the Styrian Grand Prix when he was eliminated by a first-lap collision with Leclerc. A late-race puncture at
1314-611: The Bahrain Grand Prix , Gasly started last after having his qualifying time deleted, but recovered to finish ninth in the race. Gasly was in fifth place when racing resumed after the second red flag at the Australian Grand Prix , but collided with Ocon at the first chicane , causing the retirement of both Alpine cars. His practice running at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was curtailed by an engine fire. He later crashed in qualifying and failed to score points in
1387-527: The Belgian Grand Prix , Gasly was demoted back to junior team Toro Rosso with Alex Albon taking his place at Red Bull. 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", with Horner remarking that "we desperately need [Gasly] realising more of the potential of the car." 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
1460-618: The British Grand Prix and a multi-car accident on the opening lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix . He qualified sixth for the Belgian Grand Prix sprint and an early switch to intermediate 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 the Dutch Grand Prix ; he started twelfth and again benefited from an early stop for intermediate tyres. He crossed
1533-559: The British Grand Prix dropped Gasly out of the points positions. At the Italian 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. He finished sixth at the Turkish Grand Prix despite a penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso . Gasly started on
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#17327761579041606-469: The Hungarian Grand Prix , where he finished sixth having been lapped by Verstappen. Despite Gasly's poor results, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and advisor Helmut Marko stated that the team intended to keep Gasly until the end of the season. 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
1679-483: The Hungaroring and Le Castellet. 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. The driver jumped to Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, where he was hired by Arden under
1752-669: The Italian Grand Prix whilst Zhou qualified 16th. Zhou would finish 14th whilst Bottas finished 10th despite a late collision with Logan Sargeant scoring the team's first point since Canada. Bottas qualified 16th in Singapore whilst Zhou qualified 19th. Bottas would retire from the race because due to his engine overheating whilst Zhou finished 12th. Bottas and Zhou qualified 16th and 19th respectively in Japan . Bottas would retire on lap 9 due to damage from Logan Sargeant hitting him on lap 5. Zhou would finish 13th. The team left Japan 9th in
1825-493: The Italian Grand Prix whilst driving for the re-branded Scuderia AlphaTauri . He achieved a third podium for the team at the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix . Gasly moved to Alpine for 2023 , scoring his first podium for the team at the Dutch Grand Prix . As of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix , Gasly has achieved one race win, three fastest laps and five podiums in Formula One. Gasly is set to remain at Alpine until at least
1898-629: The KF3 category, staying until the end of 2010, when he finished as runner-up in the CIK-FIA European Championship . In 2011 , Gasly made his début in single-seaters , taking part in the French F4 Championship 1.6-litre category. He finished third behind his future Eurocup rivals Matthieu Vaxivière and Andrea Pizzitola with seven podiums, including wins at Spa , Albi and Le Castellet . Gasly moved to
1971-690: The Mexican Grand Prix , partnering with Brendon Hartley after the team decided to drop Kvyat from the Red Bull programme. Gasly and Hartley became full-time Toro Rosso drivers for the 2018 season. At the Bahrain Grand Prix , Gasly qualified sixth but was promoted to fifth on the grid after a penalty for Lewis Hamilton . He finished the race in fourth place after Kimi Räikkönen retired, earning his first points finish in Formula One. A week later in China , he crashed into teammate Hartley in what
2044-574: The Red Bull Junior Team development program. He finished the season as runner-up to another Red Bull Junior Carlos Sainz Jr. , collecting eight podiums in the seventeen races. 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. He then partook in post-season testing, driving for DAMS and signed with
2117-558: The Saudi Arabian and Australian Grands Prix, but failed to do so at the following four races, which included retirement from a collision with Lando Norris at the Miami Grand Prix . He ended the zero-point streak by finishing fifth at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix . Five more races without points followed, including a collision with teammate Tsunoda that ended his race at the British Grand Prix . Gasly qualified tenth at
2190-691: The 2-litre Formula Renault machinery in 2012, joining R-Ace GP in the Formula Renault Eurocup . He finished tenth with six point-scoring finishes, including podiums at Spa and the Nürburgring . 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 . He took five podiums, as well as victories at Moscow ,
2263-753: The Chinese weekend but Gasly did not, receiving the same upgrades at the Miami Grand Prix. He scored his first point of the season at the Monaco Grand Prix , coming in 10th position, and 2 points at the Canadian Grand Prix , coming in 9th. Gasly then went on to qualify in 7th for the Spanish Grand Prix , before finishing 9th in the main race, whilst grabbing another point at the Austrian Grand Prix . Gasly retired in
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2336-693: The French team to race alongside the British driver Alex Lynn , development driver of Williams F1 Team . 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. Gasly switched to newcomers Prema Powerteam alongside 2015 European Formula 3 runner-up and GP2 rookie Antonio Giovinazzi for 2016 . He went on to become
2409-467: The GP2 Series champion that season. After his success in GP2, Gasly joined Team Mugen , partnering Naoki Yamamoto , to drive a Red Bull-sponsored Honda at the 2017 Super Formula Championship . He won two races in a row before his season was effectively cut short by the cancellation of the final round at Suzuka Circuit due to Typhoon Lan . Gasly finished second in the standings, half a point from clinching
2482-463: The World Drivers' Championship with 62 points, one place and four points ahead of teammate Ocon. Gasly and Ocon remained at Alpine for 2024 . They qualified in the bottom two positions for the Bahrain 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". Both drivers were again eliminated in
2555-452: The age of seven, being educated at the same private school and having resided together as roommates for several years. He has been close friends with Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon since a young age. However, his relationship with Ocon deteriorated during their karting career. In 2019 he moved to Milan . Besides his native French, Gasly also speaks Italian and English. Gasly has been dating Francisca Gomes since October 2022. Gomes
2628-553: The championship on 10 points with Bottas 15th in the championship on 6 points and Zhou 17th on 4 points. Bottas qualified 9th for the Qatar Grand Prix whilst Zhou qualified 20th and last. Bottas qualified 13th for the sprint with Zhou qualifying 15th. Bottas finished the sprint 10th with Zhou finishing 14th. In the main race both drivers benefitted from Carlos Sainz's failure to start, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell's turn 1 collision and many other drivers struggling with
2701-498: The championship. Gasly made a one-off Formula E appearance for Renault e.dams where he replaced Sébastien Buemi for the 2017 New York ePrix , due to the latter's commitments to the World Endurance Championship . In the weekend's first race, Gasly recovered from the poor qualifying performance of 19th to finish seventh in his debut race. Gasly nearly finished on the podium in the second race, hitting
2774-407: The departure of Daniel Ricciardo to Renault. Gasly qualified seventeenth at his first race with the team, the Australian Grand Prix and failed to score in the race. He again failed to qualify in the top ten at the following Bahrain Grand Prix , and retired from sixth place with a driveshaft issue at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix . He scored points at the following six races but finished a lap behind
2847-565: The drivers' championship with 49 points in 2022. Zhou finished 18th in the drivers' championship with 6 points the same as 2022. Alfa Romeo left F1 at the end of 2023 with the team expected to revert to the Sauber branding for 2024 . Pierre Gasly Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly ( French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɡasli] ; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver , currently competing in Formula One for Alpine . Gasly won
2920-471: The end of 2023, ending their partnership with Sauber, making the C43 the last Sauber-engineered car to be badged as an Alfa Romeo. On 20 January 2023, it was announced that the C43 would be launched on 7 February. Alfa Romeo revealed their car design on 7 February 2023 via livestream. The car donned a new red-and-black livery, representing the departure of the previous year's title sponsor ( Orlen Unipetrol ) and
2993-552: The end of the 2026 season. Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly was born on 7 February 1996 in Rouen , France, to father Jean-Jacques Gasly and mother Pascale. Gasly is the youngest of five and has four half brothers : two maternal from his mother's previous marriage, Nicolas Caron and Cyril Caron; and two paternal from his father's previous marriage, Phillipe Gasly and Paul Gasly. Gasly's family has long been involved in motorsports . His grandfather competed in karting , his grandmother
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3066-459: The entry of global digital casino Stake.com taking said role. However, in countries where advertisement of gambling and sports betting is disallowed, and in the video game F1 23 , Stake's branding will be replaced by one of streaming website Kick. If both sponsorships are outlawed, and in its appearance in the video game F1 22 , the Alfa Romeo logo will be featured. The Kick sponsorship
3139-403: The extreme heat to finish in the points Bottas 8th and Zhou 9th. This marked the team's first double points finish since the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix . The double points finish moved the team up to 8th in the constructors' championship with 16 points 10 for Bottas and 6 for Zhou. Zhou qualified 12th for the United States Grand Prix with Bottas one place behind in 13th. Bottas qualified 18th for
3212-406: The finish line fourth but gained a place from Sergio 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 the Singapore and United States Grands Prix. He started fourth at the Las Vegas Grand Prix but finished outside the points. Gasly ended his first season with Alpine eleventh in
3285-421: The first 10 races 9th in the constructors' championship with 9 points with Bottas 16th in the drivers' championship with 5 points and Zhou 17th with 4 points. Zhou qualified 5th for the Hungarian Grand Prix , his best qualifying in his F1 career whilst Bottas qualified 7th, the team's first double Q3 appearance of the season. However the race was a disaster as Zhou got a poor start and whilst trying to make up for
3358-557: The first ever Las Vegas Grand Prix with Zhou in 18th. Bottas, however, would receive front wing damage from Fernando Alonso spinning in front of him ending his chance for points. Zhou would have a quiet race finishing 15th with Bottas finishing 17th. Bottas qualified 18th for the season finale in Abu Dhabi with Zhou one place behind in 19th. Bottas would spend the whole race fighting Kevin Magnussen for last place with both finishing
3431-590: The first qualifying session (Q1) at the Saudi 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 the Australian , Japanese , Chinese , Miami , and Emilia Romagna Grands Prix, failing to score points in any of those races. Gasly's teammate, Esteban Ocon, ran upgrades to the Alpine car during
3504-416: The first sprint qualifying ending up with Zhou 16th and Bottas 17th. Zhou would finish the sprint 12th with Bottas finishing 16th. Zhou would be forced to retire from the main race due to overheating whilst Bottas finished 18th and last, one lap down. Zhou qualified 14th for the Miami Grand Prix whilst Bottas qualified 10th the team's first Q3 appearance of the season. Bottas would slip back to 13th place in
3577-429: The formation lap, Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen 's turn 1 crash and the two Mercedes lacking pace both drivers had a shock chance for points but Zhou would retire with engine problems and Bottas would retire with Hydraulic loss ending a miserable weekend for the team as they lost more ground to AlphaTauri in the fight for 8th in the standings. With the team running a special livery for the race Bottas would qualify 8th for
3650-434: The front row for the first time at the Qatar Grand Prix but finished the race outside the points. 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. Gasly continued to race for AlphaTauri in 2022 alongside Tsunoda. An engine fire caused his retirement from the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix . He scored points at
3723-869: The in-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya . He drove the Toro Rosso STR10 on the first day of the test and the Red Bull RB11 on the second day, recording 203 laps in total. He later tested the RB11 again at the Red Bull Ring in June and was officially named Red Bull Racing 's reserve driver in September. Gasly continued testing for Red Bull and Toro Rosso during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Gasly made his Formula One race debut at
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#17327761579043796-558: The leaders at the Canadian , French and Austrian Grands Prix, the latter of which was won by Verstappen. His best result with Red Bull Racing came at the British Grand Prix where he finished fourth after Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel collided ahead. At the German Grand Prix , Gasly retired after colliding with Alex Albon 's Toro Rosso in an attempt to overtake for sixth place. Gasly came under increasing pressure at
3869-482: The next two races at the British Grand Prix and Hungarian Grand Prix . Gasly bounced back at the Dutch Grand Prix with a 9th place and two points, before enduring a four race pointless streak across the Italian , Azerbaijan , Singapore and United States Grands Prix, qualifying sixth at the latter. He ended this run by scoring one point at the Mexico City Grand Prix by finishing tenth. He had
3942-532: The pits to serve a penalty and second-placed driver Lance 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, becoming the 109th different race winner and the first French driver to win a Grand Prix since Olivier Panis ' victory at the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix , 24 years prior. This prompted speculation that Gasly could return to Red Bull, as his replacement, Alex Albon, finished only fifteenth. Gasly remarked that he
4015-582: The race whilst Zhou would finish 16th. Zhou would qualify 19th in Monaco whilst Bottas would qualify 15th. Bottas would finish 11th just missing out on points whilst Zhou would finish 13th. Bottas qualified 16th for the Spanish Grand Prix whilst Zhou qualified 13th. Bottas would finish a disappointing 19th, one lap down but despite a small incident with Yuki Tsunoda where the Japanese driver pushed him off track Zhou would finish 9th his second points finish of
4088-417: The season. Zhou qualified 20th and last for the Canadian Grand Prix whilst Bottas qualified 15th. Zhou finished the race in 16th place whilst Bottas benefitted from George Russell's retirement to finish 10th, his first point since Bahrain. Bottas qualified 14th for the Austrian Grand Prix whilst Zhou qualified 16th. Zhou also qualified 16th for the sprint whilst Bottas was a shocking 19th. Zhou would finish
4161-436: The sprint 19th whilst Bottas finished the shorter race 20th and last. Zhou would benefit from many post race penalties to end up to 12th place in the main race whilst Bottas finished 15th. Bottas would qualify 15th at Silverstone but would bee disqualified due to a lack fuel sending him to the back of the grid whilst Zhou had a quiet session qualifying 17th. Bottas would the race 12th whilst Zhou would finish 15th. The team ended
4234-498: 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 the Miami Grand Prix and qualifying fourth at the Spanish Grand Prix , before being demoted by two separate penalties for impeding. Gasly next scored a point at the Austrian Grand Prix , where he finished ninth but was dropped one position for track limits infringements. Two retirements from collisions followed; one with Lance Stroll at
4307-465: The sprint whilst Zhou qualified 19th. Bottas finished the sprint 13th whilst Zhou finished 15th. Bottas finished the main race 12th for the third race in a row with Zhou one place behind in 13th. The team entered the summer break 9th in the championship still with 9 points. At Zandvoort Zhou qualified 16th whilst Bottas qualified 19th. Zhou would retire late in the race after crashing heavily at turn 1 whilst Bottas finished 14th. Bottas qualified 14th for
4380-454: The sprint with Zhou qualifying 15th. Bottas would pass Zhou to finish the sprint 16th with Zhou slipping back to 17th. Bottas would finish the main race 14th with Zhou finishing 15th but both would be promoted up two place when Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified for plank wear violations meaning Bottas was now classified 12th and Zhou classified 13th. but due to Yuki Tsunoda's 8th-place finish, AlphaTauri were now 6 points behind
4453-523: The start crashed into the back of Daniel Ricciardo sending the Alphatauri driver into Esteban Ocon who hit his teammate Pierre Gasly taking both Alpines out of the race. This earned Zhou a time penalty ending his chance for points so he finished 16th. Bottas would finish 12th for the second consecutive race ending a miserable race for Alfa Romeo. Zhou qualified 16th for the Belgian Grand Prix whilst Bottas qualified 14th. Bottas would qualify 17th for
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#17327761579044526-469: The subsequent red flag and was demoted to eighteenth place. Gasly ended the season fourteenth in the drivers' championship, scoring 23 points to Tsunoda's 12. After the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in June, AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost confirmed that Gasly had a contract with the team and would remain with them for 2023 . In August and September, information emerged that Alpine were targeting Gasly after Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri both left
4599-481: The team "threw away" this result by switching him to dry-weather tyres too early, dropping him to tenth. At the Japanese 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 late Jules Bianchi and stating "I could have killed myself". He received a penalty for speeding under
4672-547: The team at the Belgian Grand Prix . His best result came at the Brazilian Grand Prix , where he qualified in seventh place and took advantage of retirements from Valtteri Bottas and both Ferrari 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
4745-471: The team deliberately pitted him to set the fastest lap so he could take a point away from Pierre Gasly . Zhou qualified 12th in Jeddah whilst Bottas qualified 14th. Zhou finished 13th whilst Bottas finished a disappointing 18th one lap down. Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix was a nightmare as Zhou ended up 17th whilst Bottas ended up 19th. Both cars ran out of the points but a late red flag gave them
4818-498: The team in the fight for 8th in the constructors' championship. Bottas qualified 9th in Mexico with Zhou 10th; the team's second double Q3 appearance of the season. Zhou originally was knocked out of qualifying but Alex Albon 's lap was deleted giving him a Q3 spot. The race however was a disaster as Bottas was fighting for point but would get a penalty for a late collision with Lance Stroll dropping from 13th to 15th with Zhou having
4891-500: The team's best finish. This marked a disappointing season as many people viewed this as the team going backwards. This was due to the car being off the pace from the moment the season began especially in qualifying with Zhou's 5th and Bottas's 7th place qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix being the team's best grid positions that season. Bottas ended up 15th in the drivers' championship with 10 points compared to 10th in
4964-506: The team, along with Kvyat, as they rebranded to Scuderia AlphaTauri . Gasly achieved four points finishes in the first seven races of the season, with best results of seventh place at the Austrian and British Grands Prix. At the Italian 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
5037-478: The team, and that Red Bull were willing to release him. Gasly's move to Alpine for 2023 was officially announced in October. Gasly signed a multi-year contract to race for Alpine in 2023 , partnering fellow Frenchman and former karting rival Esteban Ocon . AlphaTauri allowed Gasly to join Alpine for the post-season testing immediately after the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . In his first race with Alpine at
5110-418: The two confessed as being a 'miscommunication'. Gasly recorded four more points finishes during the season, including seventh place at Monaco and sixth place at Hungary . 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 for Red Bull Racing for the 2019 season, partnering Max Verstappen following
5183-491: The wall on the exit of the final corner while battling for third and limping across the finish line with major damage in fourth. In December 2013 it was announced that Gasly would be inducted into the Red Bull Junior Team for the 2014 Formula One season alongside future GP2 Series teammate Alex Lynn and future Scuderia Toro Rosso teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. Gasly's first experience in Formula One machinery came in May 2015 at
5256-657: Was 'ready' to do so. AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost praised Gasly's race but dismissed the possibility of Gasly returning to Red Bull in the near future. Gasly was eliminated in a first-lap collision at the following race, the Tuscan Grand Prix . He scored points at the next three races, including fifth place at the Portuguese Grand Prix , but retired with a coolant leak at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix having qualified
5329-409: Was first showcased at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix . Prior to the season opener at Bahrain, the C43 was added to the video game F1 22 . Bottas qualified 12th for the season opener in Bahrain whilst Zhou qualified 13th. Bottas would have a brilliant race which included wheel to wheel battles with Fernando Alonso and George Russell resulting in an 8th place whilst Zhou would finish 16th after
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