Theo Pourchaire appears to have dropped out of the running for Sacha Fenestraz's vacated SFormula seat at Kondo Racing - which could be good news for Kazuto Kotaka:
Pourchaire had looked set to participate in the test at Suzuka on December 7-8 alongside Kazuto Kotaka, as the French driver was in the frame to take over from Formula E-bound Sacha Fenestraz at the Toyota-affiliated Kondo outfit.
However, the 19-year-old also made it clear he was open to remaining in F2 for a third season, despite having all but ruled this out earlier in the year.Alfa F1 team boss Frederic Vasseur told Motorsport.com at the Brazilian Grand Prix earlier this month that both remaining in F2 and a move to Super Formula remained options for Pourchaire in 2023 alongside his duties as reserve driver for the Hinwil squad.
“In Japan they have fewer races than F2 but it's also very far away. The advantage with F2 is that he could also stay with us, be part of the team and he could travel with us."Pourchaire dropping out of the Suzuka test comes as a boost to Kotaka’s hopes of landing the vacant seat at Kondo alongside Kenta Yamashita.
Bringing back Fenestraz for the final two rounds in the event Kotaka doesn’t live up to expectations theoretically remains an option after the Formula E season concludes in July.Elsewhere, Japanese-Brazilian driver Igor Fraga looks likely to get his first taste of Super Formula machinery in the rookie test with Team Impul.
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