Alpine’s Pierre Gasly will attain a private landmark as he prepares to have a good time his a hundred and fiftieth profession begin in F1 on the 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
In doing so, the 28-year-old joins his Alpine staff mate Esteban Ocon – who additionally reached the identical milestone earlier this season in Baku – in attaining the tally in 2024 with the French squad.
To mark the pair’s achievements, F1 are making a gift of a pair of Ocon and Gasly’s boots from their respective a hundred and fiftieth Grand Prix begins, which you’ll be able to enter right here.
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Gasly’s journey to 150 begins has seen him get pleasure from loads of success over time, after he earned his System 1 debut with Toro Rosso on the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix. His robust performances on the finish of that 12 months secured him a full-time seat for the next season and, in 2019, he achieved his first F1 podium, ending a powerful second at Interlagos.
In 2020, he delivered a surprising victory on the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, driving for AlphaTauri. This win made him the primary French driver to triumph in System 1 since Olivier Panis at Monaco in 1996 and has lived lengthy within the reminiscence for a lot of followers. Whereas Gasly was unable to have a good time with a passionate Monza crowd as a consequence of Covid restrictions on the time, he did obtain a congratulatory name from French President Emmanuel Macron.
