BAKU :Formula One laggards Alpine expect to reap their rewards next season after putting all their efforts into next year's car, according to the Renault-owned team's French driver Pierre Gasly.

Alpine are last in the constructors' standings, 24 points adrift of ninth-placed Haas with eighth of the 24 rounds remaining.

Gasly, who has scored all the team's points, told reporters on Thursday ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that he had committed his future long-term to the team because he knew what was in the pipeline.

"We made some tactical decisions not to develop that (2025)car, to stop the development very early on," he said.

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