Guenther Steiner has acknowledged an under-the-radar F1 driver who overcame his troublesome automobile.
The previous Haas F1 group principal was requested to call ‘who did probably the most with the least’ in 2024 on The Crimson Flags Podcast.
The nominees had been Zhou Guanyu, Pierre Gasly, Nico Hulkenberg, the Williams mechanics or Max Verstappen.
Steiner swiftly dominated out Zhou, who has misplaced his F1 seat for 2025, saying: “No, he didn’t do something! He had one good race. I need to admit he did one excellent race.
“However the remaining? He didn’t do so much.
“I’m between Pierre and the mechanics of Williams, these poor b*****! They’d their work reduce out! They went past.”
However Steiner made his decide.
“Pierre, I’ll go along with him,” he stated concerning the Alpine driver.
Pierre Gasly feted for spectacular 2024
“He did probably the most with the least,” Steiner stated about Gasly.
“He had a s*** automobile however they got here in sixth, and that’s because of him.
“The credit score goes to David Sanchez, the man who got here from McLaren and was with Ferrari earlier than.
“He had some information. David stated ‘we have to go this fashion, to get to the top of the season with one thing that works’.
“He was the important thing, David.”
Alpine completed sixth within the constructors’ championship, matching their 2023 consequence.
That’s regardless of a worrying begin to the 2024 season which left Gasly and teammate Esteban Ocon scratching their heads and bemoaning their automobile.
Alpine had been additionally pressured to cope with their drivers colliding in Monaco.
That was the start of the top for Ocon, who was ditched and has moved to Steiner’s outdated group Haas for 2025.
Gasly will welcome Jack Doohan as his rookie teammate this 12 months.
Notably, F1 veteran Flavio Briatore joined Alpine in a senior position final 12 months and is set to enhance the fortunes of the midfield group.
