Gasly: “Quite early” for Red Bull to decide F1 plans for 2022

Pierre Gasly says it’s still “quite early” for a decision to be made on his Formula 1 future for 2022, stating it’s “in the hands of Red Bull”.
Pierre Gasly (FRA) AlphaTauri in the FIA Press Conference.
Pierre Gasly (FRA) AlphaTauri in the FIA Press Conference.
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ꦏWith Esteban Ocon signing a new three-year deal with Alpi🥂ne, Gasly’s options for 2022 are fairly limited.

The Frenchman was linked wi🧸th a switch to Alpine - formerly Renault - but Ocon’s new deal rules out a move to Enstone.

His unsuccessful half-a-season stint with Red Bull in ♚2019 combined with Sergio Perez’s impressive run of recent races makes a return to the senior team unlikely.

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s French Grand Prix, Gasly insisted it’s too early in the season to be discussin🎀g his F1 future.

“𒉰My future, I think it’s still quite early,” Gasly said in Thursday’s drivers’ press🍨 conference at Paul Ricard.

“On my side, things are in the hands of Red Bull. At the end of the day, it will be up to 🐼them to make the decision whether we continue together, continue with AlphaTauri, with Red Bull, or ot♛her options.

“It’s something that at the moment we haven’t really talked yet. I guess we will see in the coming wee🦩ks and the coming months what we want to do.”

In the lead up to this weekend’s race in France, AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost hea✨ped praise on Gasly, labelling hiꦉm one of the top drivers in the sport. 

After Perez's maiden win for Red Bull in Azerbaijan, team boss Christian Horner says it is in no rush to decide who p🍸artners Max Verstappen for 2022.

“I’m really with the job that Checo is doing,” Horner added. “We’re only on race six out ℱof 23, we’ve got plenty of time. He’s enjoying being in the team, he’s doing a great job and he just needs to keep doing what he’s doing.”

Gasly sits eighth in the drivers’ championship on ♌31 points.

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