2021 confirmed AlphaTauri's position as a respectable midfield runner unable to make the final breakthrough needed to become a top team.

The highlight of the year was Gasly's run to third at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to score the team's fifth podium since their F1 début in 1985 (as Minardi).

Tsunoda, despite a points finish in the first race of the season, lost his motivation after a sequence of bad luck and narrowly missing out on further points until Abu Dhabi Grand Prix where Tsunoda finished fourth in his career.

The team eventually finished sixth in the Constructors' Championship with 142 points.

This was their best WCC position so far, but there was still some way to go to take on the likes of Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren and Alpine.