Théo Pourchaire, named Alfa Romeo reserve driver in 2023, to make his US Grand Prix practice debut

The young French driver is currently 2nd in the Formula 2 championship, the antechamber of F1.

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Théo Pourchaire will have to wait a bit to join Formula 1 full-time, but he will get there for good. The driver of the Art GP team, in Formula 2, will take the Alfa Romeo of Valtteri Bottas during the first free practice session of the United States Grand Prix on October 21, the Italian team announced on Thursday 13 october.

He had already taken the wheel of an Alfa Romeo in 2021, the time of private tests and will live there his first official outing in the world championship. For the 19-year-old Frenchman, the good news does not come alone as he will also join Alfa Romeo as a reserve driver for the 2023 season.

Pourchaire announced on August 10 that his second year in Formula 2 would be his last. He then hoped to be crowned world champion, but he was dominated by the Brazilian Felipe Drugovich, already crowned before the last meeting of the season in Abu Dhabi at the end of November.

A member of the Sauber Academy, Alfa Romeo’s apprenticeship system, Pourchaire had seen his near future in the elite darken following the extension of the contract of the Chinese Guanyu Zhou for one season. With this announcement, the native of Grasse, vice-world champion of F3 in 2020 and winner of three Grands Prix this season, is positioning himself for a future in F1.


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