Alpine will consider promoting one of their young prospects to a Formula 1 race seat next season if their deal to sign Pierre Gasly falls through.
While Esteban Ocon is tied down to a long-term contract, they need to find someone to partner him going forward. Fernando Alonso will leave for a longer deal at Aston Martin, while their original backup Oscar Piastri decided instead to sign for rivals McLaren.
There have been plenty of candidates but they seem to have settled upon Gasly as first choice. The Frenchman has one year left on his Red Bull contract, but had the door closed on a return to the top team in that time and has been open to new challenges ever since.
