French Alfa Toure driver Pierre Gasly will replace Fernando Alonso at Alpine, as the Spaniard will move to Aston Martin.
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Gasly crowned his career so far with one race in Formula 1 (Twitter)
French Alpha Toure driver Pierre Gasly will move to the Alpine team, where he will replace the Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who will move to the Aston Martin team, starting next year, according to what was announced on Saturday at the Suzuka circuit, which will host tomorrow. The Japanese Grand Prix, in the 18th stage of the Formula 1 World Championship.
Gasly, 26, crowned his career so far with one race in Formula 1, when he won with Alfa Touri (formerly Toro Rosso) the Italian Grand Prix in 2019.
Breaking: Alpine confirms it will have an all-French F1 driver lineup in 2023 with Pierre Gasly joining the team on a “multi-year” deal ????
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The Frenchman has been on the podium twice, when he finished second in the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2019 and when he finished third in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last year.
It was also announced today that Dutchman Nick de Vries will replace Gasly at Alpha Toure.