Gasly’s major Alpine hint: “I don’t have to stay at AlphaTauri all my life”
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The AlphaTauri driver finished eighth in the F1 Italian Grand Prix before addressing a potential switch.“At some point we’ll get news,” he said to Sky. “There are a couple of things which need to be sorted before I can talk about this situation.Daniel Ricciardo – WHERE NEXT? | F1 2022Video of Daniel Ricciardo – WHERE NEXT? | F1 2022“At the moment this is out of my control. I am trying to give the best for my team.“We know the situation. I think [Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko] has been pretty clear.“These guys [AlphaTauri] gave me my first win in F1 and my first chance in F1 – it doesn’t mean I have to stay there all my life! “I have ambitions. I am in F1 to fight at the front, this is what I want.“It has been five years with AlphaTauri. We’ll see if I do another year there. At the moment, this is what’s planned.“If this is what happens, I will give 100 percent for the team.” Alpine, the French team, want an all-French duo to complete their 2023 driver line-up. Esteban Ocon is already signed up.Fernando Alonso’s exit to Aston Martin, and Alpine’s failure to tie down Oscar Piastri who will go to McLaren, have created a space which they intend to fill with Gasly, by buying him out of the final year of his contract with AlphaTauri, who are Red Bull’s sister team.Related Pierre Gasly unwell and absent amid Alpine rumours Pierre Gasly “surprised” he wasn’t considered for Red Bull F1 return“As it stands I am driving for AlphaTauri and I am happy with that,” Gasly said. “There are only positives.“We will see what happens over the next few weeks.”
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