Pierre Gasly

Alpine · P10 · 41 p

The Alpine car currently sits in the back half (1.53 s/lap off the fastest car in race pace). Gasly qualifies closer to the front than the races show (quali 1.29, race 1.60 s/lap). The trend is upward: over the last five races the race-pace gap has shrunk by 0.16 s/lap. Tyre management is better than the field's: Gasly's stints lose less pace per lap than others on the same compound.

Gasly has 41 points to Colapinto's 27. In qualifying Gasly leads the intra-team qualifying battle 12–4, by 0.434 s/lap on average in Gasly's favour. In races where both were classified: 9–4 to Gasly, and in race pace Gasly is 0.292 s/lap quicker over the season. Current form (weighted to recent races) gives Gasly an edge of 0.15 s/lap. Tyre management is better than the team-mate's (-0.022 against +0.006 s/lap stint slope versus the field).