Pierre Gasly retained by AlphaTauri in 2021

We don't change a formula that has already won (at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix). Pierre Gasly will therefore always wear the colors of the team Alpha Tauri en Formula 1 in 2021, following the announcement made by the Italian team this Wednesday October 28.

The Frenchman, aged 24, has found a second wind in the old Team Toro Rosso following his ouster from the squad Red Bull Racing in the summer of 2019. Author of a podium in Brazil a few months later, the Norman then erased the long period of French shortage in F1 by becoming the first winner since Olivier Panis in 1996 in Monaco, a feat achieved in the Temple of Speed ​​in Monza.

RACING FOR ALPHA TAURI IN 2021!
1 podium + 1 race win means we keep going with my boys at @ AlphaTauriF1. I will give my very best to bring success to these guys. One more year in white! The best is yet to come. pic.twitter.com/Lu1XgWvm0L

— PIERRE GASLY (@PierreGASLY) October 28, 2020

The Tricolore's convincing results with mid-table material (its recent 5th place acquired in Portugal attests) caught the eye of Franz Tost, the Team Principal. “I am delighted that Pierre is staying with us. He has been part of the Red Bull driver fold for many years and I hope he remains part of the Red Bull family for many seasons to come. Since his return to the team last year, he has consistently shown very good performances taking two podiums, with a second place in Brazil in 2019 and a victory at the team's home race at the Grand Prix of 'Italy.

Pierre proved to be very competitive also thanks to his excellent racing know-how, extracting the car's potential in each race and giving valuable feedback to his engineers. He is mentally very strong, he is always motivated and when he sets a goal, he gives his all to achieve it. I look forward to extending this cooperation and having a successful 2021 season with him.”

The main person obviously had only laudatory words after having assured his future in the discipline. “This year is going very well and we are on track to have the most successful season in team history (built on the ashes of Minardi in 2006 under the name Toro Rosso until 2019. Editor's note). I think we have a very strong relationship, we managed to seize every opportunity that came our way, the best being the Italian Grand Prix.

Winning my first Formula 1 race at Monza was a very special moment for me, and it was very nice to achieve a second victory in the team's history (after Sebastian Vettel at Monza in 2008. Editor’s note), so I'm very proud of it. I will do my best to push the team and take all my responsibilities to take it as far as possible. I look forward to next year's challenge and continuing with AlphaTauri as a premium fashion brand and racing team, to continue performing as much as possible to achieve even more success in the future. “ 

There is therefore only one position left to fill for the coming season. The current holder, Daniil Kvyat, is not favored by the forecasts, after the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda, protected by Honda, molded its seat for private tests in Imola (Italy) with AlphaTauri.