WEC NEWCOMERS LINED UP FOR ALPINE OUTING
Briton Olli Caldwell and Formula 2 racer Marcus Armstrong both sampled an Alpine-run LMP2 car at Bahrain after the final round and are in contention for a World Endurance Championship race drive with the French squad.
The duo drove the Oreca 07 the day after the final round of WEC at the Sakhir track. As well as running a new hypercar in the top class, Alpine will enter LMP2 next term and could field a brace of cars. Caldwell is 21st in the Formula 2 points and is a new recruit to the Alpine Academy while Kiwi Armstrong is 12th in the F2 points.
“Each time a driver is driving my car I’m trying to evaluate them,” Alpine WEC team boss Philippe Sinault told Autosport. “If they drove the car on Sunday because they have potential for something for sure.”
Alpine’s WEC Hypercar line-up of Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Andre Negrao is expected to be retained in the 2023 season.