Pierre Gasly showed an Alpine advance in Icola

The Frenchman was third on the first day of the Emilia-Romagna GP and the first of the rest taking out the McLaren. The team arrived with novelties on the seventh date.

Pierre Gasly He showed some Alpine performance flashes during the first six races of 2025. Without a doubt, the highest point was BARÉIN’s GP, where he was fifth in the classification and seventh in the race, the best result of the French in the year. But the A525 could not be constant. Basically, the big problem is in the engine, something that is already clear for a couple of seasons and that took Flavio Briatore to make the determination to stop using the drivers own from 2026 to be a client of Mercedes-Benz. Instead, the chassis is very good. This is the first model built and developed by the French engineer David Sanchez, Ex-Ferrari.

“The walk of the car depends on the circuit, it is obvious that we are complicated with the engine. The car is not bad, it is the most important part,” said Franco Colapinto On Thursday in talk with AM850.com. And the A525 showed a flash again in the free training of Emilia-Romagna with third place.

It is true, it was only the training and this Saturday everything must be endorsed in the classification. But to begin, it is undoubtedly a shipment for those of Estone. The team arrived with some modifications to Icola: a new front wing, with different specifications and changes in the rear panel to improve the flow of air that goes back and generate more and better aerodynamic load.

Gasly was third and Colapinto, in his first race with Alpine, 13th. This Saturday will be the day of truth for the French and know if it is a recovery like in Baréin.