It’s back to school for motorsport. The first round of the F1 World Championship takes place in Bahrain on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 March. For the moment there will be 23 Grand Prix including a date to remember from July 22 to 24, the GP of France on the Piste du Castellet.
What will this season look like? Will we witness the revengeful return of Lewis Hamilton? Will the Ferraris play spoilsport?
Théo Pourchaire takes to the track
Born under the initials ASM in 1996, the stable ART Grand Prize is based in Villeneuve-la-Guyard. This is where the single-seaters entered in the Formula 3 and Formula 2 World Championships are developed. The objective: to train young talents so that they can reach the highest level of motorsport. She is one of the strongest forces in the Formula 1 antechamber to date.
Among the drivers who have passed through the Burgundy team: Lewis Hamilton (7 times F1 world champion from 2008 to 2020), Nico Rosberg (F1 world champion in 2016), Sebastian Vettel (4 times world champion from 2010 to 2013) and the French Esteban Ocon, Jules Bianchi or even Romain Grosjean.
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He is not 20 years old, has just had his license and yet Theo Pourchaire is already one of the French hopes of Formula 1. After a title of F3 vice-champion in 2019he signed up for a fairly promising first season in F2 by signing a first record: The youngest winner of an F2 Grand Prix, it was last May in Monaco.
Committed to the Sauber Academy, he aspires to a seat in Formula 1 at Alfa Romeo (whose boss is Frédéric Vasseur, founder of ART Grand Prix). And even if he will have the opportunity to go back and forth and drive on Friday in F1, the priority this season will be the title of world champion with ART Grand Prix. Waiting for 2023.
Guests of 100% Sport
- Julien Fébreau, journalist at Canal+
- Sébastien Philippe, President of ART Grand Prix