Oscar Piastri was a big part of Alpine’s plan for the future, as the young Australian had been tipped as a future star for the French outfit. Alpine originally planned to send Piastri on loan to Williams for 2023, before bringing him back to replace Fernando Alonso when his contract expires before the 2024 season.
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Alpine had created a roadmap for Oscar Piastri to become a roaring success with the team, involving a loan to Williams before taking Fernando Alonso’s seat in the future. Alonso’s shock departure to Aston Martin forced the team to skip the Williams loan and appoint Piastri as Esteban Ocon’s partner for 2023, until the Australian
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Alpine are a team on the up, and while they remain some way off being able to challenge Red Bull and Ferrari for race wins, their ambition in assembling a line-up of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly shows that they are building for the future. The team have been close to challenging for podiums this
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Fernando Alonso sent the Formula 1 ‘silly season’ into overdrive when he announced that he would be departing Alpine for Aston Martin next year. This shock move triggered a domino effect that saw Alpine replace the Spaniard with Pierre Gasly, and AlphaTauri then filling their vacancy with Nyck de Vries from Mercedes. Gasly was not
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Alpine will be looking forward to a fresh start in 2023 with Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, after the relationship between their current driver pairing turned sour. Fernando Alonso grew frustrated with Alpine towards the end of the 2023 season, admitting that he was counting down the days until he could complete his move to
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Despite Fernando Alonso having moved to Aston Martin, the Spaniard had time for one last dig at Alpine, following the post-season test at Abu Dhabi. Whilst the double World Champion is contracted to the Enstone-based team until the end of the year, he was given permission to drive for his new side in the post-season test,
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Fernando Alonso seems to already be loving life as an Aston Martin driver, following a season full of reliability issues at Alpine. The double World Champion endured the most horrific luck in 2022, with the Spaniard having endured some sort of reliability-based issue at the vast majority of the races. Last Sunday’s season finale at
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Pierre Gasly’s 2022 season is officially complete, with the Frenchman having wrapped up his sixth and final season with AlphaTauri before taking part in the post-season test with Alpine. Gasly has enjoyed a lot of success at the Faenza-based team, where in his six-year spell with the Italians he claimed the side’s first win since
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With the 2022 season complete, all eyes have already turned to 2023, with the post-season test at Abu Dhabi having seen moving drivers with their new sides. Two of the drivers who have moved team for 2023 are Fernando Alonso, who’s gone from Alpine to Aston Martin, and Oscar Piastri. Piastri is a controversial one and someone that Alpine
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Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon share a frosty relationship at Alpine, as the two drivers have come to blows in recent weeks. The Spaniard suggested after the Mexican Grand Prix that there is favouritism as “once again car number fourteen stops,” following his retirement in Mexico City. While the 41-year-old has experienced more than his
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