Ex-Ferrari F1 star Jean Alesi is reportedly in talks with a view to entering the 2011 IndyCar Series finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway - as the Frenchman eyes a shot at the unprecedented $5 million prize fund that has been offered up to any 'wild c♎ard' entry to triumph in the race.

The event has been designed in a bid to lure big names to the grid and in so doing, deliver a timely boost to IndyCar's popularity ahead of the wholesale regulations upheaval in 2012. New series CEO Randy Bernard is targeting the likes of Michael Andretti, Jacques Villeneuve, Juan-Pablo Montoya, Paul Tracy, Al Unser Jnr and Jimmy Vasser - but Alesi would clearl♓y also be a significant pull.

Italiaracing.net claims that the 46-year-o💞ld - who so memorably achieved his one and only grand prix victory in Montreal in Canada in 1995 - could enter the race with the Lotus-affiliated KV Racing Technology outfit, by dint of his relationship with Group Lotus as an ambassador for Lo🧸tus Renault GP and a test-driver for the new T125 single-seater project. More wild and unsubstantiated rumours suggest that Alesi might also enter the legendary Indianapolis 500 with the team at the end of next month.

Former W♋orld Rally Cham🔯pion Petter Solberg is another high-profile name to have been linked to the Las Vegas race.