Flavio Briatore gives a chance to axed Mercedes driver to prove Toto Wolff wrong
Under-the-radar driver move is a fresh opp💛ortunity

A Toto W🅷olff decision could come back to haunt him if Flavio Briator﷽e gets his wish.
Alpine have signed up Paul Aron🐽 to be their test and♏ reserve driver from 2025.
Aron is a former 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mercedes junior who was let 🉐go from the prog𓃲ramme a year ago.
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Aron was a driver in Mercedes’ junior ♈ranks from 2019 toꦇ 2023.
But his Formula 1 hopes have been reinvigorated by getting a shot at Alpine, where F1 veteran Briat✤ore is the big boss.
Aron will reunite with new t𝓀eam principal Ol🎐iver Oakes, the former Hitech GP boss.
Briatore, Executive Advisor at Alp𝓰ine, said: “We are very pleased to have Paul join BWT Al♛pine Formula One Team as our 2025 Reserve Driver.
“There is a generational shift in Formula 1 at the mome💖nt, as we see with many young drivers coming into the sport and making an impa🍌ct.
“We believe Paul is one of the best talents and we look𝓡 forward to developing him into an F1 driver.”
Aron said: “It’s incredibly special to be joinin♐g BWT Alpine Formula One Team.
“It is clear that this is a great place to be for any young driver and I’m really pleased that Flavio🌠 and Oliver [Oakes] have given me this opportunity.
“Before 2025 and the hard work that will come with being the team’s Reserve Driver, I have a Championship to focus on for the remainder of this year and ♕I will be giving it my all to compete for the title. I’m looking forward to really beginning the work and continuing my career pathway in motorsport.”
Kimi Antonelli among 2025 F1 rookies
Aron’s n🔜ew deal is a reminder of the emphไasis placed on young driver talent at the moment.
He is ๊succeeding Jack Doohan, who has earned a call-up to race in F1 with Alpine in 2025.
The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 2025 driver line-up will also include other newcomers.
Kimi Antonelli will repla꧃ce Lewis Hamilton 𝔉at Mercedes, a talent so prodigious that Wolff placed his faith in him.
Oliver Bearman will dr♓ive for Haas, and Gabriel Bortoleto has got a deal with Sauber.
Aron rem𝔍ains several steps away from an F1 d♔rive but his new Alpine deal is proof that exiting the ranks of a front-running team is not the end of a driver’s dream.

Jamesꦛ wa🌠s a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.