POURCHAIRE TO STEP INTO ALFA IN AMERICA
Formula 2 title-chaser Theo Pourchaire will make his maiden free practice outing in Formula 1 when he joins the Alfa Romeo team for the United States Grand Prix.
The Frenchman, who is second in the F2 points with the ART Grand Prix team, has been co-opted onto the team’s driving strength and will be its test and reserve driver in 2023, taking over from Pole Robert Kubica. Pourchaire, 19, drove a 2019-specification Alfa in a private test at the Hungaroring last August.
At the Circuit of the Americas, he will take over the C42 machine regularly driven by Valtteri Bottas.
Pourchaire said: “It will be my second time behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car, but in some ways, it will feel like it’s the first time, as this time it will be during an official grand prix session. It feels like a dream coming true, and I want to thank Alfa Romeo for putting their trust in me and granting me this amazing opportunity.”