Alfa Romeo still open to fielding Ferrari F1 young drivers in the future

Alfa Romeo announced in November that it would race with an all-new driver pairing in 2022 after signing Formula 2 graduate Guanyu Zhou to partner Valtteri Bottas, who joins from Mercedes.

It will be the first time since the start of the team’s existing engine deal and agreement with Ferrari in 2018 that it has not fielded one of the Italian marque’s young drivers in F1.

Current Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc made his debut with the team – then known as Sauber – in 2018….