Jacques Villeneuve believes Alpine F1 should forget about hiring Pierre Gasly, let alone Daniel Ricciardo, and "take a chance" on academy member Jack Doohan. Fernando Alonso's decision last month to switch his allegiance from Alpine to Aston Martin for 2023 has left a vacant seat at the Enstone squad alongside Esteban Ocon. Team boss Otmar Szafnauer said recently that he had compiled a list of 14 drivers that could potentially fill the void, although Gasly and Ricciardo were at the outset the two most talked about candidates for the seat. While the Aussie is a free agent, Gasly is contracted to Red Bull and AlphaTauri and would only be free to transfer to Alpine if his current...
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