Alpine’s Fernando Alonso has indicated that an over-emphasis from the team on reserve driver Oscar Piastri is ultimately what led to contract negotiations breaking down. The Spaniard returned to the pinnacle of motorsport last season with the team that helped him win two world championships in 2005 and 2006, having left McLaren at the end
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, is unsure how wise Oscar Piastri is to publicly turn down his Alpine team on social media. Piastri won both the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles while part of the Renault turned Alpine academy, but he did not have a series to go into this year, so he became
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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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Alpine F1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer is ‘confident’ that next week’s meeting with the FIA’s contract recognition board will come to the decision that Oscar Piastri is contractually bound to race for Alpine next season, rather than the McLaren F1 Team. The FIA’s contract recognition board will ultimately decide if Alpine’s reserve driver will race for
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Lando Norris says he doesn’t mind who is new team-mate is next season. The McLaren man is definitely going to have someone new on the other side of the garage with it being announced that Daniel Ricciardo is leaving at the end of the season. It’s widely believed that the Aussie’s compatriot Oscar Piastri will
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Fernando Alonso has revealed that he felt as though he was a stop gap for Alpine while they were preparing Oscar Piastri for a drive in Formula 1. The Spaniard returned to F1 with Alpine, the team with whom he won two titles in 2005 and 2006 under their Renault guise, last season. He had
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Alpine’s Esteban Ocon has revealed that he does not have a say as to whom will be his team-mate next season, but he hinted that he would love to work with Haas’ Mick Schumacher. Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel kickstarted a massive chain of events in the driver market at the Hungarian Grand Prix when he
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Following on from Daniel Ricciardo’s and the McLaren F1 Team’s announcement on Wednesday that they would be parting ways at the end of the season, Lando Norris has sent a heartfelt message to the Australian he deems a friend. Despite being contracted until the end of 2023, Ricciardo and the team have decided it’s best
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Despite the fact that the move is now all but certain, McLaren have refused to comment on the imminent signing of Oscar Piastri. It has been a far from quiet summer break for the British team after Sebastian Vettel’s decision to retire sparked silly season into life, with them at the centre of the storm.
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Daniel Ricciardo’s departure from the McLaren F1 Team has finally been announced, albeit earlier than expected. The Australian has struggled at the Woking-based side and has been second best to team-mate Lando Norris on a regular basis. His victory at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix is by far the Australian’s highlight from his short spell
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