Motor racing-Alpine want to test Mick Schumacher for endurance team

FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria - June 30, 2023 Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher arrives before practice REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Renault-owned Alpine are in talks with Mick Schumacher about the German driver competing for them in the Hypercar category of the world endurance championship, motorsport vice-president Bruno Famin said on Friday.

Schumacher, son of Ferrari great and seven times world champion Michael, is currently Mercedes' Formula One reserve after losing his race seat at Haas.