Piastri and Zhou on track at Silverstone

To prepare its pilots for a possible arrival in Formula 1 one day, Alpine does not hesitate to offer them test days at the wheel of single-seaters from the time when the team was still called Renault.

Another day of #AlpineAcademy training in the RS18, this time with @ gyzhou_33 at the wheel.

Time to debrief with Guanyu after his day of running at Silverstone. pic.twitter.com/kcawpdUjpF

— Alpine Racing (@Alpineracing) May 27, 2021

Therefore, Oscar piastri and Guanyu Zhou were at Silverstone this week to try their hand at an F1 car.

Accustomed to driving F2 since its title in F3 in 2020, Oscar Piastri took to the track on Tuesday behind the wheel of the R.S.18 that Nico Hulkenberg et Carlos Sainz, then holders at Renault, used in 2018.

The 20-year-old Australian was able to complete 86 laps of the English track in wet conditions. “ It was a great experience to drive an F1 car again, he admitted. Conditions were wet in the morning but I was able to do a lot of laps in the afternoon with some qualifying and race simulations ».

On Wednesday, Guanyu Zhou took over. In drier conditions, the current F2 championship leader completed 106 laps as he climbed aboard the R.S. 18 for the 5th time in his career.

« It was a very good dayhe explained. It was great to go from Monaco to Silverstone and feel the downforce of an F1 car ».