Red bull chief shuts down question on poaching hamilton reserve driver
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Red Bull chief Christian Horner has insisted Pierre Gasly "remains a contracted driver" and that his future with AlphaTauri has not yet been decided. Gasly has been heavily linked
with a switch to Alpine, who are looking for a partner for Esteban Ocon after Fernando Alonso joined Aston Martin and Oscar Piastri signed with McLaren. Nyck de Vries, who is currently a
reserve driver with Mercedes and has deputised for Lewis Hamilton in practice, has held talks about a switch to Red Bull, who also own AlphaTauri. De Vries confirmed to Dutch television show
Humberto op Zaterdag last month that he had held talks with Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko. "As the media had noticed yesterday, I went to Austria to meet Helmut Marko," he said.
"Those are the facts. JUST IN: ALONSO MAKES PLEA OVER BUDGET CAP AS ICON POSSIBLY FACING PUNISHMENT When pressed on De Vries, Horner added: "I just reiterate that, you know,
currently, Pierre Gasly is… We’re assuming that he’s left. "He still remains a contracted driver that’s assigned to AlphaTauri. Until that situation changes, there’s nothing really to
say about a potential replacement or not. So yeah, that’s all I can give you."