Gasly heads to Alpine in 2023 after a tough last 12 months with the Faenza staff, which struggled to seek out kind for a lot of the season.
The Frenchman says that his former colleagues are assured that the brand new AT04 would be the greatest automotive they’ve constructed up to now.
He admits that with all groups growing their automobiles for the second season of the present guidelines it’s exhausting to foretell the shape e book, and thus the place his new staff will stand in opposition to rivals.
“On this sport it is so tough to know what is going on to occur from one 12 months to a different,” he stated. “We have been prime of the midfield final season, this 12 months we have been again of the midfield and subsequent season, who is aware of what is going on to occur?
“Possibly AlphaTauri, and I do know they’re altering utterly the idea of the automotive, shall be again within the battle. It is tough to say.
“I believe what’s vital is simply to work and put together ourselves the easiest way doable for subsequent 12 months. And, and yeah, crossing my fingers that the Alpine package deal goes to be even stronger than it was this 12 months.”
Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri AT03
Photograph by: AlphaTauri
Gasly confused that the AlphaTauri camp is bullish about prospects of transferring up the grid subsequent 12 months.
“Hopefully it adjustments for good, my place,” he stated. “However on the identical time, you by no means know. We talked about it with the [AlphaTauri] guys as nicely.
“They inform me that their subsequent 12 months’s automotive is the very best one they’ve ever had, and they are going to be preventing on the entrance!
“And it is regular, after which if you converse across the paddock all people is making big steps ahead and God is aware of what is going on to occur.
“I hope we’re preventing on the entrance, perhaps we’re preventing for podiums, for race wins, or for prime 5. Or it could possibly be a tougher season.
“Often groups have totally different designers they usually’re switching designers from one season to a different. So there may be nonetheless some carryover from 12 months to 12 months, however yeah, there could possibly be some surprises. So we’ll discover this out firstly of subsequent 12 months.
“Alpine has had a unbelievable season, ending fourth within the championship, beating McLaren. In order that they clearly have an excellent package deal. And subsequent goal is the large three.
“So we’ll attempt to push as exhausting as doable, however I am assured there are going to be superb outcomes to attain with the staff.”