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Not de Vries! Alpine F1 Junior Favorite for Alfa Romeo Seat According to Official F1 Sources

With Kimi Raikkonen announcing, That he is leaving the sport of Formula One at the end of the season. And, Antonio Giovinazzi is likely to leave the team. It opens up the possibility of the driver moves to Alfa Romeo for next season.

Names such as Valtteri Bottas & Nyck de Vries have been floating around the Swiss-based team. However, it is an F2 driver, Guanyu Zhou who has the lead to get the seat on the team for the 2022 season.

Formula One F1 – Hungarian Grand Prix – Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary – July 29, 2021 Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen during a press conference ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix Pool via REUTERS/Florion Goga

Zhou to get a chance at Alfa Romeo for next season

Bottas, and Formula E champion, de Vries have been linked for a drive at the team for 22′. But it is the Alpine academy driver who said to get the seat.

Laurent Rossi has told acclaimed F1 journalist, Lawrence Barretto that he would like to see Zhou with another team on the grid, just to give the Chinese driver an opportunity. As the seats, at Alpine, are occupied by Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon for the upcoming season.

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How’s Zhou doing in F2 this season?

As it stands, the Alpine academy driver finds himself in second place in the driver standings with 103 points. His best result so far was at the opening round in Bahrain where he placed second in the first sprint race.

He hopes to improve on his form, bring in better results for the team, and maybe get a drive at Alfa Romeo. However, the driver replacement for Raikkonen hasn’t been announced but knows the battle for the seat at the Swiss-based team will be tough. Hence, Zhou will be hoping to have a spectacular F2 season.

Formula One F1 – Belgian Grand Prix – Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium – August 27, 2021 Alpine’s Fernando Alonso during practice REUTERS/Johanna Geron

Who do you think will get the seat at Alfa Romeo in 2022? Will it be Zhou, de Vries, Bottas, or someone else? Let us know your predictions in the comments below.

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