{
  "id": 8257603,
  "title": "Alpine Reveals Pierre Gasly and George Russell’s Pre-Qualifying Chess Game",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/alpine-reveals-pierre-gasly-and-george-russells-pre-qualifying-chess",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T14:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/alpine-reveals-pierre-gasly-george-142300493.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Alpine Racing has released a video of F1 drivers Pierre Gasly and George Russell playing chess before the Italian Grand Prix qualifying session at Monza. The video showcases the unique hobby of the two drivers outside of racing. Gasly's teammate, Franco Colapinto, is also present during the game. Russell expressed his surprise at the chess game remarking, \"I thought, 'Well, I think I’ll beat you in qualifying,' and here we are, he’s ahead of me again.\" Gasly revealed that the chess game conversation came up during the drivers' briefing in Monza. Both drivers have found a shared interest in chess with several other F1 drivers, including Russell's former teammate Lewis Hamilton.",
  "summary": "Alpine Racing has shared video of Pierre Gasly and George Russell playing online chess, the game they talked about after the Frenchman secured F1 Italian GP pole. The Brit revealed about a chess game that he and the Frenchman played…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}