Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko told reporter Chris Medland that an agreement was reached to bring on Colton Herta, pending the FIA’s decision on his super license.
The IndyCar driver has been linked to AlphaTauri, the junior program of Red Bull. It has been publicly confirmed that Pierre Gasly has a contract with AlphaTauri for next season; however, Alpine has shown interest in the Frenchman.
Herta, who is a F1 testing driver for McLaren and IndyCar driver for Andretti Autosport, needs an exemption from the FIA as he only has 32 of the 40 points needed for a Super License.