Quartet to reportedly partake in Alpine test as team looks for new driver

Alpine will reportedly offer four drivers the chance to drive their 2021 car as they up their campaign to find a team-mate for Esteban Ocon for 2023.

The team has seen quite a few changes take place in terms of their driver roster in recent months, with both Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri off of the books at the end of the current year.

Alonso is joining Aston Martin for 2023 whilst Piastri is heading to McLaren, after rejecting the chance to be promoted to a race seat by Alpine as Fernando’s replacement.

With that in mind, Alpine need to find a new driver for 2023 and with the suggestion being that over 10 drivers are in the frame, four are reportedly being given the chance to show what they can do at the Hungaroring in an upcoming test before the Singapore Grand Prix at the start of October.

According to RacingNews365, Nyck de Vries, Jack Doohan, Colton Herta, and Mick Schumacher are the men set for the opportunity, though Alpine themselves have only gone as far as to say that a test will be held, and the date and personnel involved are as yet confirmed.

The likes of Pierre Gasly and Daniel Ricciardo have also been touted as potential new arrivals at Alpine for ’23, though Ricciardo is already familiar with the team having been there when they were last branded Renault, and it is clear that the outfit has a large pool of names from which to pick a partner for Ocon.

In terms of the four drivers mentioned in the report, there are varying levels of likelihood of them making the switch:

Mick Schumacher has completed the most F1 Grands Prix of the quartet having driven for Haas this year and last, though his contract there is up at the end of the season and he may well leave. Ocon has also hinted driving with Mick would