News Details

Alpine’s thriving academy giving them a headache

Several Alpine juniors are vying for Formula 1 seats, and Marcin Budkowski admits that he may even have 'too many good drivers' in their ranks. Oscar Piastri, Guanyu Zhou and Christian Lundgaard are all race winners in Formula 2, and it's likely that only one may gain a seat in Formula 1 next year. Zhou appears to be the frontrunner to race alongside Valtteri Bottas at Alfa Romeo next season, while championship leader Piastri has voiced his frustration at not knowing what his next step in motorsport will be – with slim chances of making it onto the Formula 1 grid in 2022. A promotion to the Alpine senior team is also out of the question for the time being too, after Esteban Ocon was...
Full Story »
3y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

'Good we were able to get through it unscathed'...

Alpine Team Principal Marcin Budkowski is glad both Alonso and Ocon got...

Alpine needing to reach ‘compromise' over Academy

Alpine’s Executive Director Marcin Budkowski says the squad has to find...
3y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Alpine: 'We have too many young talents who have...

Executive director at Alpine, Marcin Budkowski, says the team's training...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Szafnauer on rumours of break-up with Vettel:...

By now all the seats for 2022 are taken. Last week was the week of...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar partners with iRacing for standalone video...

The NTT IndyCar Series will feature in a new branded video game title,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Gary Neville & Ian Wright are now saying the same...

Liverpool will take on Arsenal in the Premier League at the weekend, and...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

‘We have options': Arteta drops latest on...

Arsenal manager has confirmed that Gabriel Martinelli is unlikely to leave...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Liverpool vs Arsenal Prediction and Betting Tips |...

The Premier League returns to the fold with a match between two of its...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Here we go soon!' - Fabrizio Romano claims Arsenal...

Arsenal are close to securing the services of Bayer Leverkusen defender...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1 2025 Dutch Grand Prix – FP1 Results

Lando Norris went fastest in the opening... Read More »
4h ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Dutch GP: Norris edges Alonso in FP2 – heavy crash for...

McLaren’s Lando Norris continued his dominance... Read More »
57m ago from F1i.com

F1 2025 Dutch Grand Prix – FP2 Results

Lando Norris set the pace in FP2 for the 2025 F1... Read More »
1h ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.