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F1 driver Pierre Gasly has secured his long-term future with Alpine by signing a multi-year contract extension with the Enstone-based outfit. Gasly initially joined Alpine in 2023 on a two-year agreement. He has opted to continue his partnership with the Renault works team. Gasly made the move to Alpine for the 2023 season, leaving the Red Bull stable to replace the departing Fernando Alonso, who transitioned to Aston Martin, while reserve and junior driver Oscar Piastri signed with McLaren. Gasly currently forms an all-French pairing alongside Esteban Ocon. However, the team has confirmed that Ocon's tenure with Alpine will conclude at the end of the 2024 season. Team Principal Bruno Famin has indicated that an announcement regarding Gasly's future teammate will be forthcoming.

Pierre Gasy said: 'I feel very much at home at this great team. I enjoy being a real part of both the Formula 1 project and the wider Alpine Cars vision.

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'I’ve been officially here for over 18 months and it has always been the plan to build a long-term project with the Team. While on-track it’s been a challenging season so far, I remain faithful to the project and I am not going anywhere.

'I am happy with the changes made, the hard work, and the direction the team is taking. There is a lot of potential in this team’s personnel and resources. I’m excited for what is to come in the future and right now I’m focusing on the everyday details that we are putting in to improve our performances.'

<h2>Alpine Second Seat</h2>

Alpine is actively searching for a new driver for 2025, as Esteban Ocon's departure leaves a seat open alongside Pierre Gasly. While they are interested in Carlos Sainz from Ferrari, Williams is currently the favourite to sign him.

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Mick Schumacher is also in the spotlight. Despite a disappointing stint with Haas, he has an upcoming test with Alpine. A strong performance could make him a serious contender for the seat.

Additionally, Alpine is considering other options. Team boss Bruno Famin has mentioned junior drivers Jack Doohan and Victor Martins as potential candidates. There are also rumours about experienced drivers like Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu being in the mix. The decision for Alpine's 2025 driver line-up promises to be exciting.

F1: Pierre Gasly to Continue with Alpine, Signs Multi-year Extension Contract

Pierre Gasly has committed his F1 future to Alpine with a new long-term contract extending into 2025 and beyond, after joining from AlphaTauri in 2023.

Alpine has unveiled its A524 Formula 1 car for the 2024 season, which features a striking design inspired by a partnership with modern artist Felipe Pantone. Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly will be driving the A524, which carries on their visually arresting prior designs with a sleek mostly black livery accented with colourful blue and pink. The team's partnership with BWT, an Austrian water treatment firm, is set to continue for another year as the title sponsor. As a result, eight out of the twenty-four races in 2024 will have a distinctive pink-dominated livery. Keeping with their signature look from the start of the 2022 and 2023 seasons, this pink-themed design will be a unique look on the track.

<h2>F1: The A524&nbsp;</h2>

To shake off the deadlock that competitors <a href="https://www.autox.com/motorsport-news/f1-mclarens-ceo-zak-brown-positive-on-teams-performance-hopes-to-challenge-red-bull-in-2024-115900/">Aston Martin and McLaren</a> created last year, Alpine is making a daring statement with the design of its 2024 vehicle. The A524 is a new way of thinking about things that have been developed for the next two seasons, with creative solutions that have been shaped by the evolution of previous models.

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Alpine VP of Motorsports and Team Principal of Alpine F1 Team Bruno Famin commented: "It’s a great moment for Alpine Motorsports to come together and officially present its programmes for the 2024 season. It is certainly a unique moment to have both the A524 Formula 1 car and <a href="https://www.autox.com/motorsport-news/f1-alpines-bruno-famin-praises-mick-schumachers-exceptional-performance-in-vital-wec-test-at-jerez-115119/">A424 Hypercar</a> along with all the drivers in the same room as both projects prepare for what will undoubtedly be a busy and intense 2024 year. To see both the real cars here today is a testament to all the hard work conducted behind the scenes at our factories by our thousands of talented employees in the United Kingdom and in France. The next stage on our journey is deploying everything to the track, applying operational excellence across the board and growing a greater dynamic and mindset from all our teams. We are all very much looking forward to continuing the hard work to bring the Alpine name success."

Esteban Ocon, BWT Alpine F1 Team Driver: “It goes without saying that I am super excited for the season and I cannot wait to jump back in the car and go racing again. This time of the year is exciting as it is the moment we see what the team has produced. I have seen drawings, been on the simulator but, obviously, not yet seen or sampled the complete, real thing. That will wait until shakedown but it’s a nice moment for the team as it’s the culmination of thousands of hours of hard work. As a driver, it’s a goosebumps moment when you jump in a new car for the first time and release the pit limiter. That time is close now with the A524 and I really cannot wait to get started.”&nbsp;

Pierre Gasly, BWT Alpine F1 Team Driver: “I would say that I am in a much better place right now than this time 12 months ago. I know exactly all the people I’m working with; I know all the processes and how to get the best out of those around me and out of myself. It is nice to have continuity and building on the foundations that we created last year. I’m feeling confident with the team I have around me. We have all been developing over the last year. Now I am confident that I can attack the season straight away and maximise the full potential of the team.”&nbsp;

The 2024 A524 on-track season kicks off with a shakedown on February 20. Then, from February 21 to 23, there are three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain. Then, just one week later, the season starts is in Sakhir.

F1: Alpine Livery for 2024 Revealed, Ocon and Gasly to Race A524 with 'Aggressive Approach'

Alpine launched the A524 Formula 1 car in hopes of bringing back Renault's ailing competitiveness in 2024. As the team also revealed their A424 Hypercar, the launch is an important occasion.

Alpine's poor performance on the fast straights at Monza, as described by Pierre Gasly, made for a "super painful" race for the French squad. Both Pierre Gasly and his teammate Esteban Ocon were unable to advance beyond the first qualifying session (Q1) and secured the 17th and 18th positions, respectively, for the Italian Grand Prix. Gasly finished 15th, just escaping being lapped by race winner Max Verstappen, while Ocon's vehicle was retired early due to a steering lock problem. Gasly elucidated that Alpine had anticipated encountering difficulties at the Monza circuit. Yet, this did not mitigate the impact of their performance throughout the weekend. On a day when degradation was worse than anticipated, Gasly was the first to pit due to tyre life issues. He attempted a two-stop to go to the finish line, but he made very little ground.

<h2>F1: &nbsp;What did the Team Say?&nbsp;</h2>

In the post-race interview, the Alpine Interim Team Principal said, "After the high of Zandvoort exactly one week ago, we leave Monza on the back of a very difficult result and general performance level. We entered the weekend knowing it was going to be a challenge given the nature of the track, and that proved to be the case. As a team, it has certainly been a weekend full of learning, which we can take forward to future events on circuits with a similar configuration to here in Monza. On that front, we can remain positive and as a team, we will regroup ahead of the next race in Singapore.”

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Pierre Gasly who finished on the podium in the previous weekend's Dutch Grand Prix had this to say about his disappointing Monza Race finish, "It’s not been our weekend, that is for sure, and it’s always a disappointing feeling when you leave without scoring points. We were simply not fast enough at this circuit to have any success and, of course, we will take this as a big learning going forward and to see what we can do better next time on this type of track. We gave it our all out there today but fifteenth place seemed to be our maximum. We have a lot of work ahead and I’m definitely looking forward to Singapore for the next race. I’m sure we can be more competitive at the next run of Grands Prix."

<h2>F1: Underpowered Renault F1 Power Unit</h2>

After Gasly's podium finish at Zandvoort, when the Frenchman bested the Ferraris who were now vying for the podium themselves, Alpine's fortunes quickly deteriorated in Italy. It showed that Alpine has a pattern of underperforming at low-downforce tracks, which Gasly believes the team will acknowledge so that its deficiencies can be addressed in 2024. There have been rumours that Alpine's power unit is 30bhp less on power than its competitors' engines. While this might be a contributing cause, the team's inefficiency is also likely to blame.

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In 2022, just before the engine specs were to be homologated and stay constant until the following ruleset in 2026 (apart from reliability upgrades), Alpine took a risk by completely redesigning the Renault engine. The team reasoned that the engine disadvantage that had built up during 2021 might be made up for by the new design in the 2022 season. Until the 2025 season, the F1 engine has been frozen, making it impossible for Alpine and Renault to catch up to the competition.

F1: Alpine's Pierre Gasly Reflects on 'Super Painful' Monza Race after Zandvoort Podium Finish

During the Italian Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly, the Alpine F1 driver, conveyed his discontentment about the overall setup of his Alpine A523 car, which resulted in a significant decline in performance. When things got so bad, the team had no choice but to take a strategic risk.

As a result of Sergio Perez's five-second time penalty at Zandvoort, Gasly finished third in a chaotic, rain-soaked race. Due to Gasly's third-place finish in the Belgian sprint race, Alpine now has two consecutive top-three finishes. There is no doubt that this pair of important outcomes comes at a time when Enstone sports director Alan Permane, who spent 34 years with the team, and team principal Otmar Szafnauer have left the team. Gasly was among a group of seven drivers who promptly opted to switch to intermediate tyres at the conclusion of the first lap. In the end, it was a wise decision that changed the race's outcome. When the chaos settled after the first 5 laps, he was racing in fifth place. Despite receiving a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane, he passed Sainz and stayed close enough to Perez to pass the Mexican when the latter had a similar penalty late in the race.

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<h2>F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Gasly's Podium Finish at Zandvoort</h2>

Gasly began the race on Sunday in 12th place, but he took advantage of the difficult circumstances and moved up to challenge for the lead after switching to intermediate tyres early when rain fell on the opening lap. Gasly finished third after Sergio Perez's five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane, after teammate Esteban Ocon's podium in Monaco and Sprint podium in Belgium.

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On his podium finish, Gasly said, “It feels good! I must say, it feels good. Especially at the start of the season, I felt like we were pretty unfortunate on a number of occasions and we were like, ‘Okay, there’s nothing we can do, just keep pushing, focusing on ourselves and improve what we can and what we have in our hands’.

He further said, "It was an insane race, so much action, so many tough calls to make but everything went well, from the decision-making to the strategy to the pit-stops, it was all very well executed. We had the unfortunate five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane, but in the end, that did not matter as we still had enough pace to put ourselves in contention for a good result. It was a tough final few laps with the conditions, but we managed it very well. Thanks to the entire team for his podium, and let’s keep up the hard work looking ahead to next weekend’s race in Monza; where I have fond memories!"

“Fifteen points feel good and also for the whole team, it’s a massive motivation boost after the top three in the Sprint in Spa, and straight away we get a podium, so I’m very pleased for all the guys,” he added.

Alpine departs from the Netherlands with a sixth-place position in the constructors' standings, but Gasly has moved up to the tenth spot in the drivers' championship, surpassing his teammate Ocon by one position and one point.

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<h2>F1: Constructors Battel</h2>

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Now that we've entered the second half of the Formula 1 season, the struggle for second place in both the drivers' and manufacturers' standings promises to be fierce. Red Bull has so far this season won 12 of the 12 races. Ten of the races have been won by Max Verstappen. In the other two, teammate Sergio Perez won. The Austrian squad is unbeatable, and when partnered with the Dutchman, they become an unstoppable force. When compared to the competition, the RB19 is light years ahead.

It seems like Red Bull will win their second consecutive constructors' championship. Despite this, the fight in the background is captivating. Competing for second place are Mercedes, Aston Martin, Ferrari, and even McLaren. McLaren has outstanding speed on most tracks but must recover from a significant points deficit. In Zandvoort, the weather played a crucial role. As a result of Pierre Gasly's third-place finish, Alpine earned 16 points, but it is one of five teams that no longer can win the World Cup mathematically.

F1 Dutch Grand Prix: Pierre Gasly on his Podium Finish for Alpine Says 'It Just Got Me Very Excited'

Pierre Gasly finished in fourth place, but after a five-second time penalty was issued to Sergio Perez for speeding in the pit lane, Gasly moved up to third. Despite the challenging conditions, he managed to advance his position and actively engage with the leading contenders.

In an unprecedented attack on his old French team, Formula 1 icon Alain Prost called former Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi "incapable." A major departure of key employees has put the Renault-owned squad in peril. Otmar Szafnauer, Alan Permane, and Pat Fry, the team's senior technical officer, are the most recent to quit following the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend. The CEO Rossi was removed a week before their departure. In the last few months, The Enstone-based team has lost the two-time world&nbsp;champion Fernando Alonso as well as a promising rookie in Oscar Piastri who has been performing amazing in the recently upgraded McLaren MCL60 and a former executive director in Marcin Budkowski. Prost is just one of the many who has lately left the Alpine enclave. The four-time F1 world champion never competed for the Alpine team, but he has a lengthy history with Renault and served as a non-executive director of the French squad until he abruptly resigned in January 2022.

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<h2>F1: Major Manegement Changeses in the French Squad</h2>

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Rossi was recently reassigned to Alpine's "special projects" division after he was removed as CEO. It happened not long after Alpine brought in Bruno Famin, the head of their Formula 1 engine division, to act as a liaison between the company's CEO and their F1 team. Otmar Szafnauer, the team principal, and Alan Permane, the sports director, were both fired in a shocking development midway through the Belgian Grand Prix weekend, but not until the race was over. Chief Technical Officer Pat Fry has decided to leave the squad on his own will to join Williams.

Prost has been very critical of former CEO Rossi and the Alpine strategy ever since he himself left the French F1 team. However, his response to the departure of key personnel has gotten to the heart of the issue, which many in F1 see as a wrong mentality on the part of Renault management. Renault, in Prost's opinion, would do well to streamline their F1 operation and centre it on a star driver. Not water down into a less-than-the-sum-of-its-parts, overcomplicated mess like the Alpine setup has become.

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<h2>Grand Prix of Belgium: Alpine Sequre Podium Finish in Belgium Sprint</h2>

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Pierre Gasly, the French driver for the Alpine squad, called their performance in the Belgian GP Sprint on Saturday "amazing," and he detailed how they overcame "difficult conditions" to finish third in what he considers to be "a home race."

After things got rolling at the start of the race, Alpine made the decision to switch out complete wets for intermediates for Gasly. After both Ferrari drivers pitted, the Frenchman gained ground on them and moved up to third place. The rest of the race was a battle between Gasly and the Red Bull of Sergio Perez and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, which Gasly eventually won. Even though Alpine had a rough start to the year, Gasly was happy to come through for the team.

“Well, I must say it feels amazing,” said Gasly. “I’m extremely happy to finish in the top three, especially here in Spa, which feels like a home race for us without the French Grand Prix. It was very, very difficult conditions, but I am extremely happy. “Pitted at the right time and managed to hold off Lewis until the end. It does feel very special to do it as well in Spa. Obviously, a thought for Anthoine Hubert."

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F1: Alain Prost Blasts Alpine on Sacking of Otmar Szafnauer and Others, Slams Former CEO as ‘Incompetent’

Former Renault/Alpine team adviser and non-executive director Alain Prost has voiced his displeasure with the organization's present situation. He thinks the Alpine group made a huge blunder by letting business interests direct decision-making.

It confronts an increasingly difficult struggle in the ultra-close middle after suffering a double DNF at the British Grand Prix. The resurgent McLaren jumped it for fifth in the constructors' standings. With Alpine's Formula 1 team in disarray after their performance at the British Grand Prix, the French company promoted Bruno Famin to vice president of their Motorsports division. In light of Alpine's recent management reorganisation under CEO Laurent Rossi, Famin will now serve as a liaison between Rossi and team principal Otmar Szafnauer, and will report directly to Rossi. In his new position, Famin will handle not just the Formula 1 team, but also Alpine's endurance racing, Dakar Rally project and Alpine Academy drivers. Famin's decision isn't a hasty response to its F1 results or a cynical political manoeuvre, rather the rationale is straightforward. It's because Rossi knows he can't offer Alpine's racing activities the undivided focus required for the French firm to achieve its goals in the car industry.

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<h2>F1: Alpine’s Disastrous British Grand Prix</h2>

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It would be an understatement to say that Alpine had a poor weekend. Alpine's Otmar Szafnauer wasn't completely seething after a double DNF, where McLaren collected 30 points. Pierre Gasly's suspension was destroyed after Lance Stroll hit him as the two were duelling into Stowe. Esteban Ocon was forced to retire early in the race due to a hydraulic leak that was caused by a defective component in his car.

Szafnauer thought a five-second penalty for forcing Gasly out of the race was too lenient, but he nonetheless obeyed the stewards' decision. Alpine is struggling right now; the vehicle has speed, but external variables, like the damaged parts, are slowing them down. The French squad is planning more updates in the hopes of finding a game-changing increase on par with McLaren's.

Unfortunately for Alpine, they failed to seize the moment and now they face the MCL60 &nbsp;that threatens to permanently relegate them to sixth place.

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<h2>F1 British Grand Prix: Pierre Gasly Criticises FIA Stewards</h2>

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Pierre Gasly of Alpine has asked the FIA for clarification on a situation involving Lance Stroll during the British Grand Prix. &nbsp;At the British Grand Prix, Gasly vented his anger at Stroll after his botched effort to pass him, during which the Canadian driver drove off the course. Gasly aims to bring up the matter with race officials at the Hungaroring because he thinks such behaviour merits a position change.

However, it wasn't the only problematic thing that happened between them, they quickly kept battling and clashed again at the last turn. Gasly had to drop out of the race when the collision wrecked his rear suspension. Frenchman joined Esteban Ocon on the bench, keeping Alpine scoreless.

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Many people thought that Lance Stroll's approach to the Frenchman was inappropriate. As a result, he finished the race in 11th place, but a five-second time penalty dropped him to 15th. Fernando Alonso's disappointing seventh-place result was a setback for Aston Martin this weekend.

With seven points on his FIA Super Licence, Lance Stroll is currently the second-highest-ranked driver. Pierre Gasly now holds the lead with eight points, however on July 10, 2023, two of his points will expire, promoting Stroll to first place.&nbsp;

A driver is subject to a race ban after they have accrued 12 points on their Super Licence, as per the regulations. Stroll's seven points move him closer to a race suspension, but if he drives safely throughout the season, he can avoid that penalty.

F1: After Disastrous British Grand Prix, Alpine Changes Management Structure Under CEO Rossi

With his new position as Vice President at Alpine Motorsports, Frenchman Bruno Famin oversees the company's Formula 1 Team and other racing endeavours. As a result, Alpine F1 Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer will now report to Famin rather than to CEO Laurent Rossi.

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