Alpine did ‘unimaginable’ with sixth place in Constructors’ Championship: Gasly

It has been a remarkable end to an often painful 2024 Formula 1 season for Alpine. Pierre Gasly’s seventh-place finish at the season finale in Abu Dhabi earned the team six points, with the French team finishing sixth in the Constructors’ Championship. Haas F1 Team, RB, WilliamsAnd Sauber,

Speaking to reporters after the race, Gasly said he was “extremely happy”, admitting that finishing sixth earlier in the season would have seemed “unimaginable”.

The 28-year-old also highlighted how extreme the ups and downs have been this season, saying that the start of the year was “very difficult for all of us in the team with a poorly performing car.”

After a disastrous start to the alpine season, such a result in the spring seemed simply impossible. During the first five rounds of the 2024 championship, neither Gasly nor his former teammate Esteban Ocon managed to crack the top-10.

While there were signs of a mid-season revival with a string of ninth and tenth-place finishes, it turned out that more stormy tides were spent at the back of the field before the team re-emerged with a podium challenger.

The real turning point came in Sao Paulo when Ocon finished second and Gasly third for Alpine’s first double podium. For Gasly, Sunday’s excellent effort in Abu Dhabi after finishing fifth in Qatar provided an excellent end to a challenging year.

three goals

“Coming here, there were three goals: get sixth in the constructors, get tenth in the drivers, and keep our noses clean so we’re still at a $0(inch) loss,” he said. “And, yes, we met all the goals.”

Gasly, who has remarkably avoided damage in any accidents this season, finished just one point ahead of Haas. Nico Hulkenberg In driver’s position.

Ocon, who was dropped in favor of his 2025 replacement jack doohan For Abu Dhabi, finished 14th in the drivers’ standings.

2025 will be Gasly’s third season with the team where he will continue his chase for a sixth F1 podium and second career win. Meanwhile, Ocon is set to join Haas, where he will partner up with the Ferrari youngster oliver bearman,