Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly buys shares in FC Versailles | OneFootball

“I’m passionate about football. I follow all the results and I played myself when I was young. In Normandy we have FC Rouen, Quevilly-Rouen Métropole, Le Havre, Caen.. I played for Bois-Guillaume. At that time, I had trials for Auxerre as a child during Guy Roux’s tenure. I’ve always been in the world of football. I’ve wanted to engage in an ambitious project for a while. I kept myself informed of what’s going on in this domain and that’s how I met the Mulliez family. Alexandre had just bought FC Versailles 78 and presented his project to me. We sat at the table and talked about he wanted to develop the club. We have both mid term and long term ambitions, over five years as well as fifteen years. It’s a passion, my second passion after racing. I will try to transmit my experience in high level sport, the demands, mentality, teamwork, individual performance, stress management, the capacity to outdo oneself every day.”

“It’s not my biggest financial investment, but it’s the one I feel the most emotionally invested in. It’s a passion project, to create something solid and sustainable in terms of structure, for the women’s side too. I hope we can reach Ligue 2 one day, and then Ligue 1. It’s an exciting project. I always need to be ambitious and involved in multiple projects. In terms of the everyday, my focus is 100% on Formula 1, but I need other challenges in my downtime.”

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