In the round-up: AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost believes drivers in the Red Bull junior driver programme all require another year until they could be in serious contention for a race seat in Formula 1
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Red Bull’s juniors need “another year or two” before F1 chances – Tost
AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost believes drivers in the Red Bull junior driver programme all require another year until they could be in serious contention for a race seat in Formula 1.
After it was announced that Pierre Gasly would leave AlphaTauri at the end of the season to join Alpine, the team signed Nyck de Vries to their second 2023 seat alongside Yuki Tsunoda, despite Red Bull having multiple junior drivers in Formula 2.
Tost says that the team considered all Red Bull junior drivers for the seat but decided that De Vries was a better option due to his greater level of experience.
“All the Red Bull young drivers were taken into consideration,” Tost said. “There’s Liam Lawson, there’s [Ayumu] Iwasa, there’s [Dennis] Hauger in Formula 2, then [Isack] Hadjar in Formula 3, but they all still miss experience.
“They need to do another year or two in their categories and then we will see what the future will bring.”
Alonso protege Bortoleto wins second FREC race at Catalunya
Gabriel Borteloto won the second Formula Regional European Championship race of the weekend at Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, ahead of R-ace team mate Hadrien David as the race finished behind the Safety Car.
Borteloto, who is managed by Fernando Alonso’s A14 Management venture, won from pole position, holding off Alpine junior driver David until a late Safety Car when Victor Barnier ended up in the gravel at turn five. Championship leader Dino Beganovic finished tenth, meaning the championship will be decided in the final round in Mugello.
Ferrari academy driver Beganovic has a 39 point advantage over Gabriele Mini, with Mercedes junior Paul Aron and David all fewer than ten points behind Mini.
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