Gasly: Hopefully we score points or you might see me in Hollywood

Pitt, star of the movie 'F1' released this week, was asked at a recent New York premiere which drivers might have a future in Hollywood. He told ABC television: "I'm going to give Carlos Sainz, he's definite, I'm going to say Pierre Gasly. Yes, I think he's got a feel for it' And of course Lewis [Hamilton] can do anything."

Gasly told reporters at the Austrian Grand Prix that Pitt's comments had delighted his mother: "I must say it clearly made my mom pretty happy. She was very pleased to be the first one in the family group chat to send it to all the family.

With Max Verstappen, who has shown scant interest in the F1 movie, seated next to him, the Frenchman gave the Brad Pitt show a punt: "I just wanted to tell Max: they show you winning the race at some point, so you definitely should watch it. You’re going to enjoy that. Personally, I really, really enjoyed it.

"We’ve already made a lot of comments about the movie, so I don’t want to expand too much. But it’s cool and really looking forward to seeing what people think about it. Let’s see how the season goes, but hopefully we score a few more points. Otherwise, you might see me in Hollywood," said the Frenchman.

Gasly, who has so far scored all of Alpine's 11 points with the team in some turmoil after the departure of principal Oliver Oakes and resignation of Renault boss Luca de Meo, said he had no acting past.

"I think it´s just the French side of me. I can play a French lover or something like that," he said.