How an outsider demolished a rank of F1 juniors
His career has been a slowburner but Gregoire Saucy trounced a collection of F1 juniors in Formula Regional by Alpine last year, and now he’s preparing to do it again in FIA F3. Here’s how the Swiss caught the world by surprise in 2021 and how he plans to do it all over again
Gregoire Saucy has been a familiar name in the junior single-seater ranks in recent years, but few would have picked him as one to watch amid the young prodigies and Formula 1 junior team stars. All that changed in 2021. The merger of Formula Regional and the Formula Renault Eurocup produced the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, and a grid flooded with talent, highlighted by a handful of youngsters already backed by F1’s biggest names.
Prema pair Paul Aron and Dino Beganovic represented the Mercedes and Ferrari junior programmes respectively, while R-ace GP fielded Hadrien David, a former Renault F1 protege, and Isack Hadjar, whose form in 2021 prompted his addition to the Red Bull Junior team. But none of them could put up a fight against Saucy. The Swiss built a dominant campaign with ART Grand Prix, winning three of the first four races from pole position, and even a heavy setback of no points in Monaco and a post-race disqualification after winning at Paul Ricard didn’t stop him.
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