Gasly: ”I’m performing very high despite the car I have”
The French Pierre Gasly He signed his best performance of the year – and also Alpine’s – this Sunday in the Great Britain Prize of Formula onewhere he ended sixth in a race passed by water in the iconic circuit of Silverstone.
“It is always difficult to measure it, but I know that I am performing at a very high level with the car I have,” Gasly told the media after A day in which he was absolute protagonistdespite the limitations of the car A525 That so many headaches gave the Estone team during the campaign.
A surprise classification and an impeccable career
The weekend began uphill: Gasly was 19th, 18th and 20th In the three free training sessions. But Saturday surprised at go to Q3 For the seventh time in the year, and on Sunday he completed a remarkable performance that took him to sixth place, adding vital points for the team.
It was just the Third time in the season That the French pilot ends in a dot zone one Sunday, after the seventh place in Bahrain and the eighth in Spain. He also added in the Sprint of Miami, although thanks to foreign sanctions.
“I love these conditions”
Asked about his performance in changing conditions, Gasly was clear: “Every return was complicated. You had to stay on the track, but at the same time you knew that it was the moments in which you could lose everything … or win a lot.”
“These are the moments when, at least for me, I know there is a lot to win. I just have to go to the limit without passing it. I love these conditions,” he confessed.
Of Red Bull when reborn in Alpine
Gasly recalled that it is not the first time that he faces challenges: he was relegated from Red Bull In 2019 and rebuilt his career from Toro Rosso (Today Racing Bulls), before arriving in Alpine in 2023.
“This is me: I am a fighter, a warrior. I always pushed them to give more,” he said, in reference to the constant thrust he tries to convey within the team.
Alpine, last but closer
Thanks to the points obtained by Gasly, Alpine continues last in the Builder Championshipalthough now it is alone ten units of Haasthat fell to the penultimate place.
The result in Silverstone renews hope for a team that suffered the entire campaign, but at least found in its French pilot a competitiveness spark in a very complicated 2025.
