Pierre Gasley He will be an Alpine pilot from next year. Will share box with Stephen Ocon. Two Frenchmen in a French team… although the relationship between the two is far from friendly. In fact, there has been a lot of tension between them for years.
But that hasn’t worried Alpine. The team is concerned about Gasly’s license, which is at the limit. He is just two points away from being suspended… with two races remaining in the Formula 1 season.
Otmar Szafnauerboss of Alpine, has spoken about it at the Mexican Grand Prix. “You’ll have to be more careful…”, has expressed the Romanian. Because Gasly could be sanctioned already driving the Alpine.
He was penalized with a license point for an incident with Lance Stroll. He adds ten penalty points. Two from suspension. Too close considering that there is still evidence of Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
However, there is a date on which those sanction points will be eliminated: it will be in May of next year, when nine events of the future world championship have already been held. This means that Gasly will run eleven races with a minimum margin of just two points.
What will Alpine look like in 2023?
The reality is that this year has been disastrous for the Gauls. Especially in the case of Fernando Alonsowhich does not stop accumulating technical problems in his car.
Laurent Rossi, CEO of Alpine, spoke of the hierarchies: “There will be no hierarchy. There is none now with Alonso and Ocon. Now there are no differences in race between Gasly and Ocon, they are the same.”
“Now they are mature or so I hope. They want to do something nice together. You can do anything at 15, but at 26 it’s time to be serious. It is possibly one of the last big contracts for him because the trajectories start soon now, “he details.
