Pierre Gasly
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Gasly in 2014.
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| Nationality |  French |
| Born | 7 February 1996 Rouen, France |
| GP2 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Prema Racing |
| Car no. | 21 |
| Former teams | Caterham Racing DAMS |
| Starts | 31 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 8th in 2015 |
| Previous series | |
| 2014 2013 2012-13 2012 2011 |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC French F4 Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2013 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
Pierre Gasly (born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver, who is best known for winning the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship.[1]
Contents
Career
Karting
Born in Rouen, Gasly entered karting in 2006, when he finished fifteenth in the French Minime Championship,[2] before he finished fourth the following year.[3] In 2008 he stepped up to the French Cadet Championship,[4] before moving to the international scene in 2009. He moved into the KF3 category, staying until the end of 2010, when he finished as runner-up in the CIK-FIA European Championship.[5]
Formula Renault
In 2011, Gasly made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the French F4 Championship 1.6 litre category.[6] He finished third behind his future Eurocup rivals Matthieu Vaxivière and Andrea Pizzitola with seven podiums, including wins at Spa, Albi and Le Castellet.[7]
Gasly moved to the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery in 2012, joining R-Ace GP in the Formula Renault Eurocup.[8] He finished tenth with six point-scoring finishes, including podiums at Spa and the Nürburgring.[9] He also had seven starts in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, taking a podium at the Nürburgring.
For 2013, Gasly moved to Tech 1 Racing.[10] He took five podiums, as well as victories at Moscow, the Hungaroring and Le Castellet.[5][11] He held an eleven-point lead over Oliver Rowland into the final meeting at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and ultimately clinched the title with third and sixth place finishes; the latter result coming after a collision with Rowland, who received a drive-through penalty as a result.[1]
The driver jumped to Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, where he was hired by Arden under the Red Bull Junior Team development program. He finished season as runner-up to another Red Bull Junior Carlos Sainz Jr., collecting eight podiums in the seventeen races.
GP2 Series
Gasly made his GP2 Series debut in 2014 at Monza circuit in support of Italian Grand Prix, replacing Caterham Racing driver Tom Dillmann who had commitments at other racing series and was unable to participate in GP2 Series races for that weekend.[12] He then partook in post-season testing, driving for DAMS and on 8 January 2015 signed with the French team to race alongside the British driver Alex Lynn, development driver of Williams F1 Team.[13] Though taking three pole positions and four podiums, Gasly experienced an uneven season, including causing collisions in Bahrain, Spa and Yas Marina (which got the subsequent race cancelled), which saw him finish eighth, two places behind teammate Lynn.
In January 2016, it was announced Gasly would switch to newcomers Prema Powerteam alongside 2015 European Formula 3 runner-up and GP2 rookie Antonio Giovinazzi.
Formula 1
On 30 September 2015 Gasly was confirmed to be Red Bull Racing’s reserve driver until the end of the 2015 Formula One season.[14]
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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| 2011 | French F4 Championship | Autosport Academy | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 104 | 3rd |
| 2012 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | R-Ace GP | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 10th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 23rd | ||
| 2013 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Tech 1 Racing | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 195 | 1st |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 6th | ||
| Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
| 2014 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Arden Motorsport | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 192 | 2nd |
| GP2 Series | Caterham Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | |
| 2015 | Formula One | Red Bull Racing | Reserve driver | ||||||
| GP2 Series | DAMS | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 110 | 8th | |
| 2016 | Formula One | Red Bull Racing | Reserve driver | ||||||
| GP2 Series | Prema Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 4th* | |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
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| 2014 | Arden Motorsport | MNZ 1 3 |
MNZ 2 5 |
ALC 1 9 |
ALC 2 2 |
MON 1 7 |
SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 4 |
MSC 1 18 |
MSC 2 2 |
NÜR 1 20 |
NÜR 2 8 |
HUN 1 2 |
HUN 2 3 |
LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 2 |
JER 1 6 |
JER 2 4 |
2nd | 192 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Caterham Racing | BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
ESP FEA |
ESP SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
AUT FEA |
AUT SPR |
GBR FEA |
GBR SPR |
GER FEA |
GER SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
BEL FEA |
BEL SPR |
ITA FEA 17 |
ITA SPR Ret |
RUS FEA 11 |
RUS SPR 11 |
ABU FEA 21 |
ABU SPR 18 |
29th | 0 |
| 2015 | DAMS | BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 22 |
ESP FEA 7 |
ESP SPR 3 |
MON FEA 14 |
MON SPR 10 |
AUT FEA 13 |
AUT SPR 6 |
GBR FEA 4 |
GBR SPR 3 |
HUN FEA 2 |
HUN SPR 8 |
BEL FEA 19 |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR 12 |
RUS FEA 2 |
RUS SPR 5 |
BHR FEA 6 |
BHR SPR 7 |
ABU FEA 5 |
ABU SPR C |
8th | 110 |
| 2016 | Prema Racing | ESP FEA 3 |
ESP SPR 2 |
MON FEA 15 |
MON SPR 13 |
EUR FEA |
EUR SPR |
AUT FEA |
AUT SPR |
GBR FEA |
GBR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
GER FEA |
GER SPR |
BEL FEA |
BEL SPR |
ITA FEA |
ITA SPR |
MAL FEA |
MAL SPR |
ABU FEA |
ABU SPR |
4th* | 33* |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
References
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- ↑ http://callumrowesgp2blog.com/2015/01/08/gasly-lynn-confirmed-as-dams-drivers-for-2015/
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External links
- Official website (French)
- Pierre Gasly career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2013 |
Succeeded by Nyck de Vries |
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rouen
- French racing drivers
- French F4 Championship drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers
- Formula 3.5 V8 drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
