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# F1 podcast: Alpine’s 2023 options + what its test will achieve
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-podcast-alpines-2023-options-what-its-test-will-achieve/
- Published: 2022-09-15T18:20:40.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T13:51:43.000Z
- Description: Who should Alpine sign to join Esteban Ocon in 2023? That’s the question asked on The Race F1 Podcast, which considers the case for Alpine’s third ‘first choice’, Pierre Gasly, plus its other candidates.
- Author: Jack Cozens
- Tags: Formula 1, #image-center-center

Who should Alpine sign to partner Esteban Ocon in the 2023 Formula 1 season? That’s a question we answer in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast.

Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell-Malm join Edd Straw to run through Alpine’s very lengthy shortlist, and the significance of the upcoming test using a 2021 car at the Hungaroring.

While Pierre Gasly is the team’s first choice for the drive – or rather, it’s third first choice after losing out on Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri – there are a plethora of other candidates.

We also explain why Colton Herta has a part to play in deciding Alpine’s driver line-up, even though his anticipated test outing for the Enstone team doesn’t mean he is a contender for the seat.

And we also put ourselves in the position of Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi to decide who we would sign.

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