It would be easy to understand why Daniel Ricciardo wouldn’t want to talk to Oscar Piastri, with the 21-year-old obviously taking the 33-year-old’s place at McLaren next season. However, it appears the outgoing driver has once again demonstrated the “true professional” that he is. It had been rumoured for a large chunk of the 2022
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo showed his class by speaking to Mark Webber and Oscar Piastri recently, assuring his compatriots that there are no hard feelings. The 33-year-old has not had an easy time of it since he joined the British side last year, and he has often struggled to find common ground with a stubborn car.
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Former Formula 1 driver and manager of Oscar Piastri, Mark Webber, has affirmed that Alpine knew of the 21-year-old’s decision to leave before they announced his promotion. Piastri won the Formula 3 title as part of the Renault junior programme, and his Formula 2 success a year later took place while under the Alpine umbrella.
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Former Formula 1 driver and manager of Oscar Piastri, Mark Webber, has suggested that Alpine were not entirely honest about the money they put into the 21-year-old’s junior career. Piastri was promoted to the role as test and reserve driver with the French side this season after winning the Formula 2 title last year as
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As expected, Oscar Piastri has been announced as Lando Norris’ team-mate at the McLaren F1 Team next season, as the young Australian’s situation with Alpine was finally resolved. It was announced towards the end of the week by the FIA that their Contract Recognition Board (CRB) had come to the decision that the 2021 F2 World Champion
MoreMcLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has no ill will towards Oscar Piastri or his manager Mark Webber amid the 21-year-old’s imminent move to the British team. Ricciardo left Renault to join McLaren at the end of the 2020 season, but his partnership with Lando Norris has been a tough one blighted by an incompatibility with the car.
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Fernando Alonso’s shock decision to move to the Aston Martin F1 Team next season has left many wondering if he concocted a plan with Oscar Piastri to cause chaos at Alpine, after the Australian refused to replace the Spaniard next year. Following the Hungarian Grand Prix, Alonso announced that he’d be replacing the retiring Sebastian
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McLaren F1 superstar Lando Norris isn’t planning on filling Sebastian Vettel’s boots anytime soon, with the Aston Martin F1 Team driver set to leave a huge hole in Formula 1. The four-time World Champion shocked the motorsport world prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he announced that 2022 would be his last season in
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Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer says he wouldn’t be surprised if it was discovered that Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber had worked together in some capacity regarding the fallout between the team and Oscar Piastri. When Alonso announced that he was to leave Alpine to drive for Aston Martin at the end of this season,
MoreThe summer break is for most a time to relax and digest the first half of the season; however, for the Alpine F1 Team that certainly isn’t the case. It’s turning into the worst summer break that the French team could’ve hoped for, with a trip to the High Court looking all but certain. The
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