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🚨 Thread of Pierre Gasly's interview for @lequipe

🗣️ Gasly: Being able to renew our friendship.

🗞️ @lequipe

#F1 #Alpine #PierreGasly #GaslyToAlpine

🎙️ So how does it feel to leave the house ?

🗣️ It's true that it's a very long chapter of my life that is closing. The new one is also very exciting, but I had been with Red Bull for nine years. My whole life was thought around Red Bull.

🎙️ Want to go back (RB). Do you keep in the back of your head this desire to prove something to them?

🗣️ Today is no longer up to date. What I want is to win. I have a new adventure ahead of me and I want to enjoy it.

🎙️ When you received Alpine's proposal, did you take a long time to respond ?

🗣️ These are decisions that cannot be taken lightly.
It's a real career choice, but for me it was pretty clear very quickly.

It was the choice I wanted to make at this point in my career.
In addition, I felt that everyone in the team really wanted to work with me.
They proved it to me throughout the many discussions we had together.

It was time to take flight to build something new, to have this new adventure.
with new goals.

“If I signed for Alpine it is to play to win. Will it be next year or in two years, nobody knows'

🎙️ In recent years, we have seen drivers who change stables suffer. Do you think your experience at Red Bull in 2019 will allow you to avoid this concern ?

🗣️I've already seen what was difficult going to Red Bull, so I think I have experience on that side.

But I also know that it can take time to rebuild your habits, to understand how the garage works and to find the automatics.
I think we can already
start working on it. I'am aware.

🎙️ You sign in a French team with a French team member. How does it feel to be in a France team for a football fan like you ?

🗣️ This is an honor and an extremely beautiful story for me.

Being able to represent the colors of my country in a French team with Esteban Ocon by my side, no one could have imagined such a scenario.

🎙️ Have you talked to Alain Prost about having a French teammate ?

🗣️ No, not yet. It took a long time to make this transfer. It was a bit complicated.

🎙️ And Red Bull wasn't too demanding ?

🗣️ No, I must admit that they were even nice. They understood the opportunity and the desire that I had.

I am grateful to Christian Horner, team boss) and Helmut Marko, head of the drivers sector) for the gesture.

🎙️ Finding Esteban is a bit like falling back into childhood. Isn't it also a way of easing the tensions that you both may have experienced ?

🗣️ I hope so. As I told you before, we have changed.

We grew up.
We've known each other for twenty years.
He was there when I went karting for the first time.
But we've both matured.
The children became teenagers and then young adults. Today, at 26, we have become men.

We are much more responsible.
I think it's going to be really special.
Despite our twenty years together, this is the first time that we will really have the opportunity to ride together.
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That's the end of the thread now we are waiting for the officialization which should arrive in the next few hours