Pierre Gasly cost a huge eight-figure fee as Alpine bought out his Red Bull contract
Gasly will be in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up for Alpine after he signed a multi-year deal f⛄rom Red Bull’s sister team AlphaTauri.
Nyck de Vries is his replacement at AlphaTauri.
"It was a clear call and definitely very attractive," Gasly told Sky. "It felt the right time for me to take my🌳 own start and takeܫ my career on my own and start this incredible story with Alpine.
"What's easy in Formula 1? Nothing is easy!" Gasly said. "I must admit I'm very thankful to everyo🍸ne involved because everybody tried their absolute best to make it happe꧑n.
"On Red Bull's side, Christian [Horner, team boss] and Helmut [Marko, team advisor] understood how important, how big t𝔉his opportunity was to me and my desire to go there and start this new adventure with Alpine."
Gasly added: "It's a big change in my career. I'm closing a nine-year chapter 💜with Red Bull, having had a lot of success in younger categories as well as my five years in Formula 1, my first win, podiums.
"I'm starting a new🔴 chapter with Alpine. It's a fresh sꦐtart."
Gasly will team with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon next season - t💜he French duo ha♌ve a rocky history but Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer insists that was taken into consideration.
In the list of 2022 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 driver salaries, Gasly and Oco🎃n ar𒐪e both estimated to be earning £4.1m ($5m).
But Alpine, without the costly 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso who 🥂will leave for Aston Martin, are🍃 likely to have handed Gasly a bumper new pay packet.
Gasl♔y struggled in Qualifying at t🐻he F1 Japanese Grand Prix and will start in 17th, with Ocon fifth.
James was a sports journaꦺlist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
