Pierre Gasly believes that Alpine could be F1 title contenders as soon as 2027, despite the team’s current predicament. The Enstone-based squad have endured a turbulent 2025 campaign but are banking on the new regulations in 2026 being a turning point.

“When you are in Formula One, you’re dreaming as well to do the job,” he said in Montreal. “In this moment, the team is quite new. The team is not performing like I wanted. I believe we need 2026 to be competitive, to at least sometimes see the podium very close. These are what we’re looking for. And why not 2027? We see what happened to Red Bull.

“We see McLaren, two years ago, three years ago, was in the bottom of the line. We see Renault was in the bottom of the line two years and after, they won the Championship. We see Benetton was always in ’91, ’92, ’93 in the bottom of the line in qualifying.

“In ’94, ’95, ’96, we competed. In ’95, ’96, we won the Championship. In this business, fortunes are changing a lot. A few years ago, Red Bull was dominating completely. Now, McLaren is dominating completely. Everybody is working hard in this business.”