Pierre Gasly

Pierre Gasly is a French racing driver who currently competes in Formula One with Scuderia AlphaTauri under the French flag. He won the 2016 GP2 Series, as well as the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series and the 2017 Super Formula Championship. At the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, he made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso. He joined Red Bull Racing in 2019 but returned after exchanging with Toro Rosso's Alexander Albon between the Hungarian and Belgian races to partner with Daniil Kvyat. Gasly won his first Formula One race for AlphaTauri at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.

Gasly was born in Rouen, France, to father Jean Jacques Gasly and mother Pascale, and his family has a long history in racing. His grandparents raced karts, and his father, Jean Jacques, has raced in a variety of categories, including karting, endurance racing, and rallying. Gasly is the youngest of four half brothers, including two maternal from his mother's previous marriage, Nicolas Caron and Cyril Caron, and two paternal from his father's previous marriage, Phillipe Gasly and Paul Gasly.

Gasly initially tried karting at the age of six at a local karting circuit in Anneville-Ambourville. Gasly grew up with the late Anthoine Hubert, karting with him at the age of seven, attending the same private school, and living as roommates for several years. He was very close to Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon during the early stages of his karting career. He relocated to Milan in 2019. Gasly also speaks Italian and English in addition to his native French.