Pierre Gasly will stay at Alpine after signing a new contract. Gasly’s current deal had been due to expire at the end of the season, but the team announced ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix that he’d penned an extension. Alpine wanted to tie the Frenchman down to a long-term deal to ensure a degree of continuity. They will have to bring in a new driver alongside him, though, after agreeing to part ways with Esteban Ocon. Gasly and Ocon were close when they were young but their relationship hasn’t recovered from a childhood fallout. They have collided twice since the former’s arrival at the star…