Alpine reserve driver, Oscar Piastri, has revealed that he told the team he would not be racing with them in 2022, only for them to announce him anyway. Piastri won the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles consecutively in 2020 and 2021, but there were no seats available to him this year. The Australian had
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Fans on social media have amusingly suggested that Sebastian Vettel could head to Alpine after he stopped for a chat with Otmar Szafnauer in the Netherlands. Vettel worked with Szafnauer last year upon his arrival to the Aston Martin team, and he scored points seven times over the course of the year. The four-time world
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There is rarely a dull moment during Sky Sports’ coverage of Formula 1 sessions, and that certainly rang true during practice for the Dutch Grand Prix. Commentator David Croft brought in pit lane reporter, Ted Kravitz, to report on Oscar Piastri’s situation with Alpine, while only Lando Norris and Alex Albon were out on track.
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Alpine’s handling of their driver situation this season will very likely go down as one of the biggest fumbles we have seen in recent memory, but questions are also being asked of McLaren. The British side signed Daniel Ricciardo at the beginning of last season, and he has since struggled. The car has not been
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The contract recognition board (CRB) has ruled that Oscar Piastri can join McLaren next season after Alpine’s protestations. Sebastian Vettel sent the driver market into a frenzy ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix when he announced his retirement at the end of the season. Alpine’s Fernando Alonso had been negotiating with the team over a
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Oscar Piastri’s situation with the Alpine F1 Team looks set to reach an end, with the FIA’s contract recognition board having started its hearing on Monday regarding the Australian’s status as either an Alpine driver or a McLaren driver. The situation arose after Piastri refused to drive for Alpine in 2023, to replace Fernando Alonso, despite the team deeming
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McLaren’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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McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown, aimed a dig at Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. Szafnauer is currently looking for another driver to race alongside Esteban Ocon next season after Fernando Alonso’s signature with Aston Martin, and the imminent departure of Oscar Piastri. Piastri won the Formula 2 title last
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Juan Manuel Correa shares a physio with Oscar Piastri and says Alpine have been “playing” with the Aussie. Piastri has been in the news more than ever in recent times, caught in the middle of a dispute between Alpine and McLaren. When Alpine lost Fernando Alonso to Aston Martin, they announced that Piastri – their
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Alpine are reportedly prepared to let Oscar Piastri leave for McLaren, and they are said to have identified AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly as a strong possibility to partner Esteban Ocon next year. At the start of August, Piastri denied Alpine’s announcement that he has been promoted to the race seat in place of Fernando Alonso, who
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