A midfield F1 team could be in the fight for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s signature, it has surprisingly been suggested.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ralf Schumacher claims that Verstappen’s options, if he wants to leave Red Bull, extend ꦦfurther than i🌄t seems.

Mercedes and Aston Martin are the obvious ℱdestinations should Verstappen run out of patience with Red Bull.

But an improving team from the midfield pack als🍰o have a reason to entice Verstappen, Schumacher believes.

“Who have we completely forgot? And who also plays a role? Alpine,” he told Sky Germany.

“Because from next year,🔯 Flavio Briatore will have a Mercedes engine.

“The car, see 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly at the weekend. It can't be that bad.

“Just imagine, there was 30hp more in it, Gasly was very fast with the ca💟r.

“So, I wo⛦uldn't completely ignore that, alongside Aston Martin.

“Fr♚om my point of view, four teams that are interesting for Max.”

Alpine’s impressive F1 rise

Alpine were sixth in last season’s ♛constructors’ championship, leaping up the table after midseason improvements to their car.

A🦄lthough they🐭 now sit ninth after the first four rounds of 2025, point-less in the three opening races.

Gasly impressively qualified fifth then drove to P7 at last weekend’s F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, 🌌notably ahead of Red꧋ Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.

Gasly ba♔ttled Verstappen on the last lap, eventually💞 surrendering P6.

A year ago in B🐲ahrain, Gasly had qualified last﷽ then finished the grand prix in 18th.

“Last year I must say it was kind 💧of like hitting rock bottom, like both cars🐈, 19th and 20th, really far off,” Gasly told .

“I think Max probably lapped us after half race last year, so a very different pictuඣre from what we were fighting with him until the last lap.”

The addition of F1 veteran Briatore as a♐n executive advisor also gives Alpine a heavy-hitter behind the scenes to♌ help drag the team forwards.