Guenther Stein🅰er has acknowledged an under-the-radar F1 driver who overcame his troublesome car.

The former Haas F1 teꦐam principal was asked to name ‘wh𝓰o did the most with the least’ in 2024 on The Red Flags Podcast.

The nominees w🧸ere Zhou Guanyu, Pierre Gasly, Nico Hulkenberg, the Williams mechanics or Max Verstappen.

Steiner swiftly ruled out Zhou, who has l𝓀ost his F1 seat for 2025, saying: “No, he didn’t do anything! He had one good race. I must admit he did one very good race.

“But the rest? He didn’t do a lot.

“I am between Pierre and the mechanics 🔯of Williams, those poor b*****! They had their work cut out! They went beyond.”

But Steiner made his pick.

“🃏Pierre, I will go with him,🎉” he said about the Alpine driver.

Pierre Gasly feted for impressive 2024

“He did th♓e most with the least,” Steiner said about Gasl🍒y.

“He had a s*** car but they ﷽came in sixth, and that’s thanks to him.

“The credit ❀goes to David Sanchez, the guy who came from McLaren and was with Ferrari before.

“He had some knowledge. Dav🍷id said ‘we need to go this way, to get to the end of the season with something that works’.

“He was the key, David.”

Alpine f𓃲inished sixth in the consꦕtructors’ championship, matching their 2023 result.

That is despite a worrying start to the 2024 season which left Gasly and 🌼teammate Esteban Ocon🍰 scratching their heads and bemoaning their car.

Alpine were also forced to deal with their driv💞ers colliding in ꦡMonaco.

That was the beg🧔inning of the end for Ocon, who was ditched and has ꦑmoved to Steiner’s old team Haas for 2025.

Gasly wꦗill welcome Jack Doohan as his rookie teammate this year.

Notably, F1 veteran Flavio Briatorꦇe joined Alpine in a senior role last year and is determined to improve the fortunes of the midfield team.