# Alpine Academy

The Alpine Academy, formerly known as the RF1 Driver Programme, Renault Driver Development and Renault Sport Academy, is a driver development programme to support young racing drivers through their careers. The programme was created by Renault F1 in 2002.
In 2011, the programme was renamed LRGP Academy, following the rebranding of the team to "Lotus Renault GP". In 2012, the programme was renamed Lotus F1 Team iRace Professional Programme and 2013–2015, the programme was renamed Lotus F1 Junior Team. In 2021, the programme was renamed Alpine Academy after the rebranding of the Renault F1 team into Alpine F1 Team. In March 2022, the Alpine Affiliates programme was launched as a support to drivers starting their motorsport careers, and is intended to be a feeder for the Alpine Academy. However, it was merged into Alpine Academy at the start of 2023.

## Current drivers

| Driver | Years | Current Series | Titles as Alpine junior |
| Gabriele Minì | 2023– | FIA Formula 2 Championship | none as Alpine Academy member |
| Kush Maini | 2023– | FIA Formula 2 Championship | none as Alpine Academy member |
| Kabir Anurag | 2024– | Italian F4 Championship Formula Winter Series E4 Championship | none as Alpine Academy member |
| Nicola Lacorte | 2024– | FIA Formula 3 Championship | none as Alpine Academy member |
| Keanu Al Azhari | 2025– | GB3 Championship GT Winter Series | none as Alpine Academy member |
| Nina Gademan | 2025– | Formula Winter Series F1 Academy | none as Alpine Academy member |
| Ilie Tristan Crisan | 2025– | Karting (OKJ) | none as Alpine Academy member |
| Sukhmani Kaur Khera | 2025– | British Karting Championship | none as Alpine Academy member |

## Rac(H)er Karting Programme

| Driver | Years | Current Series | Titles as Rac(H)er member |
| Aiva Anagnostiadis | 2023– | Australia Kart Championship | none as Rac(H)er Programme member |
| Angélina Proenca | 2023– | IAME Euro Series | none as Rac(H)er Programme member |
| Lisa Billard | 2023– | Championnat de France Junior Championship | none as Rac(H)er Programme member |
| Maria Chiara Nardelli | 2023– | Italian ACI Karting Championship | none as Rac(H)er Programme member |

## Graduates to Formula 1

This list contains the drivers that have graduated to Formula 1 while being supported by Renault, Lotus Renault, or Alpine. Therefore, drivers who have had support in the past and entered Formula 1 through other means are not included. For example, both Zhou Guanyu and Oscar Piastri were members of the Alpine Academy, however, they broke their ties with the academy to pursue a graduation to Formula 1 with another team.
| Driver | Academy experience | Academy experience | F1 experience with Renault/Lotus/Alpine | F1 experience with other teams |
| Driver | Years | Former series | F1 experience with Renault/Lotus/Alpine | F1 experience with other teams |
| Heikki Kovalainen | 2002–2005 | British Formula 3 Championship (2002) World Series by Nissan (2003–2004) GP2 Series (2005) | 2007 | McLaren (2008–2009) Team Lotus (2010–2011) Caterham (2012) Lotus F1 (2013) |
| Romain Grosjean | 2006–2009 | Formula 3 Euro Series (2006–2007) GP2 Asia Series (2008) GP2 Series (2008–2009) | 2009 2012–2015 | Haas (2016–2020) |
| Jack Doohan | 2022–2024 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2022–2023) | 2024– | — |

## Former drivers
### Renault / Lotus Renault GP (2002–2011, 2016–2020)

| Driver | Years | Series competed | F1 Team(s) |
| Fabio Carbone | 2002 | British Formula 3 Championship (2002) | None |
| Robert Kubica | 2002 | Italian Formula Renault Championship (2002) | BMW Sauber (2006–2009) Renault (2010) Williams (2019) Alfa Romeo (2021) |
| Tiago Monteiro | 2002 | French Formula Three Championship (2002) International Formula 3000 (2002) | Jordan (2005) Midland F1 (2006) |
| Carlo van Dam | 2002 | Karting (2002) | None |
| Eric Salignon | 2002–2003 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2002) Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 (2002) British Formula 3 Championship (2003) | None |
| Danny Watts | 2003 | British Formula 3 Championship (2003) | None |
| José María López | 2003–2006 | Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (2003) International Formula 3000 (2004) GP2 Series (2005–2006) | None |
| Giedo van der Garde | 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series (2004) | Caterham (2013) |
| Loïc Duval | 2004–2005 | Formula 3 Euro Series (2004–2005) | None |
| Pastor Maldonado | 2004–2005 | Italian Formula Renault Championship (2004) Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2004) Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2005) | Williams (2011–2013) Lotus F1 (2014–2015) |
| Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 2004, 2010 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2004) Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 (2004) GP2 Series (2010) Formula E | Virgin Racing (2011) Lotus F1 (2012) |
| Lucas di Grassi | 2005–2007 | Formula 3 Euro Series (2005) GP2 Series (2006–2007) | Virgin Racing (2010) |
| Ben Hanley | 2006–2008 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2006–2007) GP2 Series (2008) | None |
| Dani Clos | 2007 | Formula 3 Euro Series (2007) | None |
| Nelson Panciatici | 2007 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2007) Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 (2007) | None |
| Charles Pic | 2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2009) | Marussia (2012) Caterham (2013) |
| Marco Sørensen | 2009 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2009) Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (2009) | None |
| Davide Valsecchi | 2009 | GP2 Series (2009) | None |
| Jan Charouz | 2010–2011 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2010–11) Auto GP (2011) | None |
| Ho-Pin Tung | 2010–2011 | GP2 Series (2010) Superleague Formula (2011) | None |
| Fairuz Fauzy | 2011 | GP2 Series (2011) | None |
| Louis Delétraz | 2016 | GP2 Series (2016) Formula V8 3.5 Series (2016) | None |
| Kevin Jörg | 2016 | GP3 Series (2016) | None |
| Oliver Rowland | 2016 | GP2 Series (2016) | None |
| Jack Aitken | 2016–2018 | GP3 Series (2016–17) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2018) | Williams (2020) |
| Sun Yueyang | 2016–2018 | Karting (2016) Formula Renault Eurocup (2017) Formula Renault NEC (2017) BRDC British Formula 3 Championship (2018) | None |
| Marta García | 2017 | Spanish F4 Championship (2017) SMP F4 Championship (2017) | None |
| Jarno Opmeer | 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup (2017) | None |
| Sacha Fenestraz | 2017–2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup (2017) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2018) GP3 Series (2018) | None |
| Max Fewtrell | 2017–2020 | Formula Renault Eurocup (2017–2018) Formula Renault NEC (2017–18) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019–20) | None |
| Christian Lundgaard | 2017–2020 | SMP F4 Championship (2017) F4 Spanish Championship (2017) Formula Renault Eurocup (2018) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020) | None |
| Arthur Rougier | 2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup (2018) | None |
| Anthoine Hubert | 2018–2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019) | None |
| Victor Martins | 2018–2019 | Formula Renault Eurocup (2018, 2019) |
| Leonardo Lorandi | 2019 | Formula Renault Eurocup (2019) | None |
| Yifei Ye | 2019 | FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019) | None |
| Caio Collet | 2019–2020 | Formula Renault Eurocup (2019–2020) | None |
| Guanyu Zhou | 2019–2020 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019–2020) | Alfa Romeo (2022–2023) Kick Sauber (2024) |
| Hadrien David | 2020 | Formula Renault Eurocup (2020) | None |
| Oscar Piastri | 2020 | FIA Formula 3 Championship (2020) | McLaren (2023–) |
* Championship titles highlighted in bold.

### Lotus F1 (2012–2015)

| Driver | Years | Series competed | F1 Team(s) |
| Kevin Korjus | 2012 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2012) | None |
| Richie Stanaway | 2012 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2012) | None |
| Óscar Tunjo | 2012–2014 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2012–2013) Formula Renault 2.0 Alps (2012) Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (2013) Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2014) GP3 Series (2015) | None |
| Esteban Ocon | 2012–2014 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2012–2013) Formula Renault 2.0 Alps (2012) Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (2013) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2014) Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2014) | Manor (2016) Force India (2017–2018) Racing Point Force India (2018) Renault (2020) Alpine (2021–2024) Haas (2025–) |
| Dorian Boccolacci | 2012–2015 | Karting (2012–13) French F4 Championship (2014) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2015) | None |
| Alex Fontana | 2013–2014 | GP3 Series (2013–2014) | None |
| Marco Sørensen | 2013–2015 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2013–2014) GP2 Series (2014–2015) FIA World Endurance Championship (2015) | None |
| Alexander Albon | 2013–2015 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2013–2014) Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (2013–2014) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2015) | Toro Rosso (2019) Red Bull (2019–2020) Williams (2022–) |
| Marlon Stöckinger | 2013–2015 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2013–2015) GP2 Series (2015) | None |
| Callan O'Keeffe | 2014 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2014) Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (2014) | None |
| Gregor Ramsay | 2014 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (2014) Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (2014) | None |
| Juan Manuel Correa | 2014–2015 | Karting (2014–2015) | None |
| Matthieu Vaxivière | 2015 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2015) Formula Renault 2.0 Alps (2015) | None |
| Petr Ptáček | 2015 | Karting (2015) | None |

### Alpine F1 (2021–)

| Driver | Years | Series competed | F1 Team(s) |
| Christian Lundgaard | 2021 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2021) IndyCar Series (2021) | None |
| Guanyu Zhou | 2021 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2021) F3 Asian Championship (2021) | Alfa Romeo (2022–2023) Kick Sauber (2024) |
| Caio Collet | 2021–2022 | FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021–2022) | None |
| Oscar Piastri | 2021–2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2021) | McLaren (2023–) |
| Victor Martins | 2021–2024 | FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021–2022) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2023–2024) | None |
| Olli Caldwell | 2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2022) | None |
| Hadrien David | 2022 | Formula Regional European Championship (2022) | None |
| Matheus Ferreira | 2022–2023 | Italian F4 Championship (2023) F4 Brazilian Championship (2023) | None |
| Kean Nakamura-Berta | 2022–2024 | Karting (2022–2023) Formula 4 UAE Championship (2024) Italian F4 Championship (2024) Euro 4 Championship (2024) | None |
| Abbi Pulling | 2022–2024 | W Series (2022) F1 Academy (2023–2024) F4 British Championship (2024) | None |
| Nikola Tsolov | 2022–2024 | F4 Spanish Championship (2022) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2023–2024) | None |
| Aiden Neate | 2023 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship (2023) F4 British Championship (2023) | None |
| Sophia Flörsch | 2023–2024 | FIA Formula 3 Championship (2023–2024) | None |
* Championship titles highlighted in bold.

### Rac(H)er Karting Programme

| Driver | Years | Series competed |
| Chiara Bättig | 2023 | OK Junior Switzerland |