Guenther Steiner has aꦇcknowledged an under-the-radar F1 driver ❀who overcame his troublesome car.

The former Haas F1 team principal was ask✤ed to name ‘who did the most with the least’ in 2024 on The Red Flags Podcast.

The nominees were Zhou Guanyu, Pierre Gasly, Nico Hulkenbe🐻rg, the Williams mechanics or Max Verstappen.

Steiner swiftly ruled out Zhou, who has lost his F1 seat for 2025, saying:♈ “N🌜o, he didn’t do anything! He had one good race. I must admit he did one very good race.

“But the rest? He didn’t do a lot.

“I am between Pierre and the mechanics of Williams, those poor b*****! They had th♒eir work cut out! They went beyond.”

But Steiner made his pick.

“Pierre, I will go with him,” he said about the Alpin♎𓃲e driver.

Pierre Gasly feted for impressive 2024

“He did the most with the least,” Steiner said about G🎶asly.

“He had a s*** car but they came in six𓃲th, and that’s thanks 🌌to him.

“The credit goes to David Sanchez, the guy who came fro🅘m McLaren and was with Ferrari before.

“He had some knowledge. D𝓰avid said ‘we need to go this way, to get to the end of the season with something that works’.

“He was the key, David.”

Alpine finished sixth in the constructors’ championship, matching their 2023 resul💞t.

That is de📖spite a worrying start to the 2024 seaso꧑n which left Gasly and teammate Esteban Ocon scratching their heads and bemoaning their car.

Alpine were also forced to deal w🌠i😼th their drivers colliding in Monaco.

That was the beginning of the e🤪nd for Ocon, who was ditched and has moved to Steiner’s old team Haas fo🉐r 2025.

Gasly wi♋ll welcome Jack Doohan as his rookie teammate this year🌊.

Notably, F1 veteran Flavio Briatore joined Alpine in a senior rolꩵe last year and is determined to improve the fortunes of the midfield team.