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Formula One F1 – Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan – June 10, 2022 AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly before practice REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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Formula One F1 – Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan – June 10, 2022 AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly before practice REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
We are now a month into a chaotic F1 silly season. This season was kicked off by the news that Sebastian Vettel was retiring from the sport at the end of 2022. This led to a domino of driver announcements, amongst which lies a certain French connection. Amid the growing Alpine-McLaren contract mess, Red Bull has thrown its hat into the ring with Pierre Gasly.
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Fernando Alonso was announced as Vettel’s replacement at Aston Martin from 2023 onwards. Piastri was announced at Alpine but soon after sent the whole F1 community into raptures. The Australian denied any such confirmation from his end.
Now finally, Pierre Gasly has been linked to that Alpine seat. However, the Frenchman has a valid contract with Alpha Tauri for next year, as announced by the team earlier this year.
Pierre Gasly spills the beans on his future in an inadvertent sound byte
In a video that has gone viral now, Gasly can be seen chatting up his fellow racemates. However, if we listen closely, we can hear the Gasman saying, “Still working on the final phases of the contract”. This has sent Formula 1 fans on Twitter into a frenzy.
Pierre you aren’t subtle at all 😭 pic.twitter.com/tZBUTqUwbi
— Lan (not do) (@gaslycentral) August 31, 2022
Pierre babes maybe lower the voice. He’s spilling it so hard 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/rPbVaxKnpr
— Jen ¹⁰ (@jenhunt_) August 31, 2022
Gasly seen at the Belgium GP video “Ferrari all access” saying:
"I'm still working on the final details of the contract"
— Fernando Alonso updates (@startonpole) August 31, 2022
With the seat at Alpine being contested by the likes of Schumacher, Ricciardo and Gasly, this comes as a big hint for F1 fans. It can be argued that Gasly, being French, would be a great signing for the French outfit.
Pierre Gasly caught saying “I’m still working in the final details for the contract”. Now, is he playing too much @F1Manager or are we about to see the GasMan at a new team? #F1 #Gasly pic.twitter.com/ONN99u4uk8
— Crash F1 (@CRASH_NET_F1) September 1, 2022
Fans were also quick to troll Gasly for being this verbose about something that should’ve been a tight-lipped secret. Formula 1 driver arrangements are very secretive. Sometimes even drivers don’t know their fate until it’s actually announced. So for Gasly to be this open around microphones, has left fans in stitches.
Would he like a Megaphone next time?
— itsBreezy (@iitsBreeezy) August 31, 2022
Subtlety, not Pierre's forte.
— Micheal (@MikeHannah_) September 1, 2022
A few really sharp fans also picked something else up. Now if this is true, then it’s big! Apparently, Russell and Gasly were chatting up about marriage. In the same clip as above, a few fans noticed how the words “marry” or “marriage” pops up. Fans were quick to draw conclusions.
Is anyone else hearing that snippet just before where he mentioned smth about Alphatauri?
— harry (@harrybaws999) September 1, 2022
I swear I heard ‘married’, before this
— Daniel Siggins (@SigginsDaniel) August 31, 2022
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Yeeeh, think i've heard george saying smt like that or "marry"
well, pierre hanging around with george and lec who have gfs, rumors abt him and kika, now talking abt final details of contract… that's it, pierre's getting married!
(just kidding
— mula científica⁴⁴ ⁶³ 🍄 (@amijayahri) August 31, 2022
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Once this year’s silly season ends, what does the 2023 driver line up look like? Is Vettel the only driver we will not see in 2023 or a few other will join his ranks? Let us know in the comments below.
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