The best car he had ever driven in his career, the fourth best car on the grid… After the Chinese and Japanese Grands Prix, Pierre Gasly has been extremely complimentary towards his mount this year, theAlpine A526. Performing well indeed, this one allowed him to score points three times in as many occasions, despite more inconsistent results on the side of Franco Colapinto's garage for example.
Tenth in Australia, sixth in China, seventh in Japan, Pierre Gasly notably benefited from the retirement of the two McLaren In Shanghai, it does indeed seem that, as things stand, only Mercedes Benz, Classic Ferrari for saleand that the Papayas are actually superior to the Frenchman's current performance. Even Red Bullexperiencing greater difficulties, saw Max Verstappen to be overtaken by his former teammate at Suzuka after a fierce battle. A statistic confirms this trend: Pierre Gasly is one of the five drivers on the grid of F1 to have scored points in each of the first three Grands Prix of the season. The other four being Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Kimi Antonelli.
Miami, an area of uncertainty for Gasly
Besides the fact that the weather forecast remains uncertain, if not capricious, ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly is navigating turbulent waters in Florida. Since 2022, his results at the Dolphins' stadium have alternated between surprising, respectable, and somewhat disappointing, although no truly poor performances have been recorded in four years.
In 2022, the Norman driver began his Florida adventure with a retirement. Suffering a suspension problem after 45 laps, the driver, then with Alpha Tauri He was unable to reach the finish line. Since then, things have changed. For his first season with Alpine In 2023, Pierre Gasly managed to climb ahead Esteban Ocon – then his teammate – in eighth place in the Grand Prix. A year later, in 2024, his 12th starting position was the same for him at the finish, reflecting an uninspiring race apart from the first victory of Lando Norris at the front. Finally, in 2025, Pierre Gasly managed to position himself in 13th place. Alpine, even as he was starting from the pit lane.
This season, the challenge will be, for the first time in his career, to extend his number of consecutive points-scoring Grands Prix to four to kick off a season. In 2024, he did manage four consecutive points finishes, but that was within the context of the mid-season, between Barcelona and Spielberg. Now, it's time to confirm that form. Alpine, while each of the F1 grid teams used the forced break to work on new developments for their cars.

Alain Féguenne (🇱🇺 Luxembourg)
29/04/2026 at 04:52 a.m.
A fabulous start to the season with this Alpine F1… now we need to keep this momentum going… 😎👍 alainkf1@pt.lu