Frederic Vasseur has revealed Theo Pourchaire, who only turned 18 on August 20, is being considered for an Alfa Romeo seat in the coming seasons.

The young Frenchman is attached to the Sauber team and being tipped for a great future in Formula 1, although time is very much on his side to graduate given his tender years.

Pourchaire recently received an early 18th birthday present of an F1 test in a 2019 Alfa Romeo at the Hungaroring as a reward for the progress he is making in his first Formula 2 campaign.

Runner-up in the FIA F3 Championship last year, he has made a successful step up by winning the feature race in Monaco and sits sixth in the standings, albeit some way off what looks to be a five-man battle for the title currently led by Oscar Piastri from Guanyu Zhou.

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