Alpine has confirmed that Paul Aron will take part in the opening practice session in Mexico City this weekend.
The Estonian driver will stand in for Pierre Gasly, fulfilling another of Alpine's mandatory rookie outings this year.
Aron got behind the wheel at Alpine in Italy earlier this season, which followed runs in Great Britain and Hungary with Sauber.
He is the seventh rookie to be confirmed for the FP1 session.
“I'm looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of the A525 for my latest Free Practice 1 session with the team,” Aron said.
“I enjoyed the experience in Monza a lot and found it incredibly useful for my own personal development as a driver and my understanding of the car.
“I'm ready to build on that this weekend in Mexico City in Pierre's car.
“The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is a very different track to any I have driven.
“It is high altitude which will make the handling of the car and the setup we choose very different to most other circuits and I'm looking forward to that challenge.
“I'm very grateful to the team for granting me this further opportunity and will do whatever is needed to help them set up a competitive weekend.”
Also due to drive in Mexico is Pato O'Ward for McLaren, Arvid Lindlad for Red Bull, Antonio Fuoco for Ferrari, Frederik Vesti for Mercedes, Jak Crawford for Aston Martin, Ryo Hirakawa for Haas and Luke Browning for Williams.
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