Former F1 driver Mark Webber "Pierre Guthrie succeeds in Alpine F1"[F1-Gate.com]

Former Red Bull driver Mark Webber believes Pierre Gasly can find success in F1 after leaving Red Bull and joining the Alpine F1 team in 2023.

Pierre Gasly has been with the Red Bull program since making his F debut with Red Bull’s junior team Toro Rosso in 2017. He then moved briefly to Red Bull Racing before being demoted to Toro Rosso, where he has now established himself as an experienced head driver for the rebranded AlphaTauri F1 team.

This chapter of his career will come to an end at the end of the 2022 season. After that, Pierre Gasly moved to the Alpine F1 team and became a partner of Esteban Ocon, forming an All-France team.

Mark Webber, who raced for Red Bull Racing from 2007 to 2013, believes Pierre Gasly could “do it” at Alpine as he prepares to continue F1 without Red Bull.

“I like Pierre, he’s a good boy,” Mark Webber told Channel 4.

“Obviously Alpine is a French brand and the local Pierre would be great for them.”

Alpine F1 Team vacancies have been filled, but several 2023 lineups are yet to be decided, with Williams having vacancies and Haas a possibility.

When asked who he thought would race for his former team, Williams, Mark Webber chose F2 driver Logan Sargent.

21-year-old American racer Logan Sargent heads into the final round in Abu Dhabi ranked third in F2. He needs to finish the championship in the top five to qualify for his super license.

“I think it’s Logan Sargent,” replied Mark Webber when asked who he thought would get the drive for Williams.

“He’s in Formula 2 this year, so maybe he needs a little introduction to the fans at home.”

“Generally, I think he’s a favorite. The American Liberty[media/F1 owner]is pretty keen on him.”

“But there are some superlicence challenges around him in terms of points, championship positions in Abu Dhabi.”

One of the drivers who now say their chances to line up on the grid in 2023 are over is Daniel Ricciardo, who will be replaced by Mark Webber’s client Oscar Piastri at McLaren next season.

Daniel Ricciardo has been strongly linked to becoming Mercedes’ reserve driver and Mark Webber believes Ricciardo is interested in it.

“The reserve driver role at Mercedes knows how long Lewis[Hamilton]will last, so Daniel will of course have to make the decision,” said Webber.

“And Mercedes is a very convenient operation, so he might consider it.”