{"id":879739,"date":"2026-09-01T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/879739\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:00:15","slug":"alpine-and-cadillac-announce-driver-replacements-for-f1-italian-gp-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/879739\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpine and Cadillac announce driver replacements for F1 Italian GP practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alpine and Cadillac have announced that they will sideline one of their regular drivers for free practice at this weekend\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/series\/single-seater\/formula-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/racing\/2026\/italy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italian Grand Prix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both squads have recently made major announcements to their setups in recent weeks, with the former confirming Franco Colapinto will remain alongside Pierre Gasly in its race roster for 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the American outfit heads into Monza for its second race stewarded by new boss Marcin Budkowski, who replaced Graeme Lowdon before the Dutch Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the continuing trend of teams trying out their reservists during FP1s, Alpine will sideline Gasly on Friday afternoon for its Estonian academy prospect, Paul Aron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be Aron\u2019s fourth FP1 of the season and his second for Alpine, having completed two for Audi earlier in the summer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Paul-Aron-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248508\"  \/>Paul Aron will be at the helm of Pierre Gasly\u2019s Alpine<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Aron will be joined Colton Herta, who will get his third chance to impress for Cadillac, having run in both Barcelona and Hungary respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American will take the place of Sergio Perez, dovetailing his Formula 2 duties with Hitech over the weekend at the \u2018Temple of Speed\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Colton-Herta-Cadillac-Spain-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252362\"  \/>Colton Herta will also be back behind the wheel of a Cadillac<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both men will also see a familiar face in Luke Browning, who will once again run for Williams, in between his Super Formula duties with Kondo Racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">READ MORE \u2013 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