Pierre Gasly | |
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Gasly in 2014
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Nationality | French |
Born |
Rouen, France |
7 February 1996
Super Formula career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | Team Mugen |
Car no. | 15 |
Starts | 1 |
Previous series | |
2014-16 2014 2013 2012-13 2012 2011 |
GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC French F4 Championship |
Championship titles | |
2016 2013 |
GP2 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
Pierre Gasly (born 7 February 1996 in Rouen) is a French formula racing driver, who was the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series runner-up and the 2016 GP2 Series champion. He drives a Honda-powered car for Team Mugen in the 2017 Super Formula Championship.
Gasly entered karting in 2006, when he finished fifteenth in the French Minime Championship, before he finished fourth the following year. In 2008 he stepped up to the French Cadet Championship, before moving to the international scene in 2009. He moved into the KF3 category, staying until the end of 2010, when he finished as runner-up in the CIK-FIA European Championship.
In 2011, Gasly made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the French F4 Championship 1.6 litre category. He finished third behind his future Eurocup rivals Matthieu Vaxivière and Andrea Pizzitola with seven podiums, including wins at Spa, Albi and Le Castellet.
Gasly moved to the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery in 2012, joining R-Ace GP in the Formula Renault Eurocup. He finished tenth with six point-scoring finishes, including podiums at Spa and the Nürburgring. He also had seven starts in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, taking a podium at the Nürburgring.