Alpine are prepared to lose Guanyu Zhou from their academy programme if that is what must happen for him to land an F1 seat. The Alpine Academy houses two juniors now very much knocking on the door of Formula 1, they being Zhou and current Formula 2 Championship leader Oscar Piastri. Zhou, P2 in the standings, is the Aussie's closest challenger, though Alpine do not currently have an opening in their team for either to join the 2022 grid. Zhou has been linked with a move to Alfa Romeo for 2022, and Alpine's executive director Marcin Budkowski said the team would not block their junior from pursuing that move if it opens up. Asked by The Race if Alpine could retain a link to Zhou if he...
Full Story »