2016 world champion, Nico Rosberg, believes that Alpine must look in the mirror when figuring out why they started the year with three drivers, and now have just the one. Fernando Alonso went into this season alongside Esteban Ocon knowing that he was out of contract at the end of the season, so both parties
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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has spoken out about winning the Oscar Piastri saga, for the first time since the FIA’s Contract Recognition Board concluded that the Australian was legally allowed to race for the Woking-based team next season. Piastri is, of course, Alpine’s reserve driver and has been a profound part of their driver
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Oscar Piastri’s situation with Alpine has by far been one of the stories of the season, with the FIA’s Contract Recognition Board (CRB) having come to the conclusion that Piastri is legally allowed to race for McLaren in 2023. It has left the Enstone-based team in a huge mess, having lost both Piastri and Fernando Alonso, who is replacing Sebastian
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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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McLaren team principal, Andreas Seidl, has said he can draw similarities between Oscar Piastri and four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Piastri won the Formula 3 title in 2020 in his first crack at it, before claiming the Formula 2 crown last season. The 21-year-old was promoted to his current role as Alpine reserve driver at
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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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2016 world champion Nico Rosberg has affirmed that Alpine will not need Pierre Gasly to be best friends with Esteban Ocon if they sign him from AlphaTauri. Gasly has a contract with the Faenza-based squad until the end of 2023, but he will not be moving up to Red Bull after that due to Sergio
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Outgoing McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has been ridiculed by the sport’s TV graphic designers, after a pre-race graphic regarding the Australian had the wording “struggling again, McLaren”. Viewers who noticed the caption have since called out the sport’s official TV coverage and have labelled the aforementioned Ricciardo caption as “disgusting” and “toxic”. Ricciardo had another horrific weekend at
MoreAs 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
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