Oscar Piastri

Earlier the statement from Alpine said: "BWT Alpine F1 Team confirms 21-year-old reserve driver Oscar Piastri as Esteban Ocon's teammate starting from 2023. In ...

Earlier the statement from Alpine said: "BWT Alpine F1 Team confirms 21-year-old reserve driver Oscar Piastri as Esteban Ocon’s teammate starting from 2023. While Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer added: “Oscar is a bright and rare talent. Oscar Piastri insists ‘I will not be driving for Alpine next year’ after team announce him as Alonso’s replacement

Oscar Piastri has denied he will drive for Alpine next season after the Formula One team announced he would replace the departing Fernando Alonso.

Piastri is an enormous talent and has been part of the Alpine driver academy since 2020. Right up until the Sunday of the Hungarian Grand Prix Alonso had assured them he was close to agreeing a new deal. The Alpine Formula One team have entered a very public dispute with Oscar Piastri, their prospective replacement for Fernando Alonso next season.

Alpine took a day to announce a replacement for Fernando Alonso. Maybe a little too quick.

"Together, we believe the duo will give us the continuity we need to achieve our longterm goal of challenging for wins and championships." I will not be driving for Alpine next year," he wrote on Twitter. Alonso surprised the team Monday when he informed Alpine he'll move to Aston Martin next year.

Oscar Piastri has refuted Alpine's claim that they have signed him for Formula 1 2023 and insists - in a dramatic twist to the sport's transfer 'silly ...

"Where is he going to be driving? We are all sitting on the fence." "He is going to be a credit to the sport whatever car he is in because his on-track driving does the talking and he is going to be an asset to the Formula 1 paddock and driver market, it is just where he is going to be placed now. "Yeah it is very odd. If Ricciardo did lose his seat, he could make an unexpected return to the Renault family. "Now, that statement that he has put out, I find it very surprising that he is rejecting a team that is in the top four and a great upward trajectory, that you wouldn't want to drive for them."

Alpine, a factory team owned by Renault, announced the Australian — who has been their reserve driver this year — will step up next season but it seems he ...

However, shortly after, Piastri announced on social media that he had not signed a contract with the team and he would not be driving for them in 2023. - Alpine announced Oscar Piastri would drive for them in 2023 Australian racing driver Oscar Piastri has sensationally contradicted reports from the Alpine Formula 1 team that he will drive for them in 2023.

Oscar Piastri said he won't be driving for Alpine next season despite the team's announcement that he would be promoted to replace Fernando Alonso.

This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023. “I understand that, without my agreement, Alpine F1 have put out a release late this afternoon that I am driving for them next year. I understand that, without my agreement, Alpine F1 have put out a press release late this afternoon that I am driving for them next year.

Alpine announced on Tuesday that Oscar Piastri would make his F1 debut with the team for 2023, only for the Australian to respond saying that would not be ...

What is certain is that Alpine have announced Piastri will drive for them in 2023 – and he says he won’t. We now await their respective next steps... The Australian, it is believed, has an option elsewhere on the grid and is keener to take that up, rather than join Alpine. However, they did so without a quote form Piastri. This is not the done thing with driver announcements. They wanted to give last season’s F2 champion Piastri a year elsewhere on the grid in 2023, before drafting him in for 2024. They were hopeful the Spaniard would stay on for a third season but they were not prepared to offer him a straight two-year deal. This left Alpine with an empty seat alongside Esteban Ocon, who is contracted until the end of 2024, for next season.

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And we put the best driver in next to Esteban [Ocon], so that we can move forward towards what we’ve been planning.” “And I don’t think that’s an issue at all. But in a major bombshell to shake the F1 paddock, Piastri denied on social media that a deal had be made, and emphatically declared: “I will not be driving for Alpine next year.”

I will not be driving for Alpine next year," said 21-year-old Oscar Piastri, the reigning Formula 2 champion whose stunning declaration shook up the top ...

We wouldn’t have done that, if the view was to get him prepared for one of our competitors.” Ricciardo is familiar with the team, having raced for Renault in 2019 and 2020. We are proud to have nurtured and supported him through the difficult pathways of the junior formulae. Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer then acknowledged that he had been in talks with Alonso to retain the veteran driver and was not aware of his defection until Szafnauer saw Aston Martin’s news release. This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023. I will not be driving for Alpine next year.”

The Alpine Formula 1 team is adamant that its contract with Oscar Piastri for 2023 is legally watertight, despite the Australian insisting he will not drive ...

It is understood that his comments come in the wake of a push that Piastri and his management have made to secure a seat at McLaren for next year. The body made up of independent lawyers will then read through the terms of the contracts that Piastri has and determine who has rights to him for next year. However, a few hours after Alpine’s announcement, Piastri took to social media to insist that he had not signed anything with the team and would not be racing for it in 2023.

But his Formula One experience is limited to tests of F1 cars, most of which has been paid for by Alpine. The French manufacturer recently laid out a 5,000km testing programme, which is ongoing. Oscar Piastri is considered the ...

However, as the events of this week have shown, with Alpine losing Fernando Alonso to Aston Martin and potentially losing Piastri to McLaren, there are questions about how well run the French team is and whether it will ever be more than a glorified midfield outfit. Most drivers would have felt disrespected and some would have made their feelings known in the media but Ricciardo has been remarkably professional in the face of Brown's manoeuvring. A relative unknown outside of motor racing like Piastri would not fill this gap that would be left by Ricciardo, who is one of the most unique personalities the sport has had in it for a long time. Replacing Ricciardo with another driver isn't going to change that, especially one who is likely going to come with the growing pains associated with any rookie driver in F1. Brown has been lucky that there have not been harsher questions asked about why, under his leadership, McLaren seems incapable of putting together a winning F1 race operation. Multiple sources have told ESPN that Piastri has signed an agreement with McLaren. Although the exact terms of that deal are unclear currently, it is believed Brown is determined to get him into the team's race car. McLaren CEO Zak Brown now appears to be playing a game of chicken with his superstar driver, waiting for him to walk away from his contract so he doesn't have to pay a heavy penalty for tearing it up before it expires at the end of 2023.

Alexander Albon celebrated his new multi-year deal to continue driving for Williams by winning the internet as he mocked Alpine's driver dispute with Oscar ...

I will be driving for Williams next year." "I understand that, with my agreement, Williams Racing have put out a press release this afternoon that I am driving for them next year," he said. I will not be driving for Alpine next year."

F driver Alex Albon had some fun with the announcement that he signed a contract with Williams Racing and will be behind the wheel for the team in 2023.

However, Nate Saunders of ESPN reported the 21-year-old signed a pre-contract deal with McLaren, which just so happens to be battling Alpine for fourth place in this year's constructors' championship. This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023. However, Piastri responded with the following message: "I understand that, without my agreement, Alpine F1 have put out a press release late this afternoon that I am driving for them next year.

The 26-year-old British-born Thai driver, formerly of Red Bull, joined the team at the start of the 2022 campaign as the replacement for George Russell, now of ...

I will not be driving for Alpine next year." "This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023. "I understand that, with my agreement, Williams Racing have put out a press release this afternoon that I am driving for them next year.

Thai driver Alex Albon confirmed he has agreed to continue with Williams in 2023 amid the fallout over fellow F1 hopeful Oscar Piastri's denial he will be ...

“This is right and I have signed a contract with Williams for 2023. I will be driving for Williams next year. “This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023.

Alpine confirmed Piastri as their replacement for Fernando Alonso in the 2023 season, but the Australian racer appears to have other plans amid rumours of a ...

Meanwhile, Alpine's original announcement was full of language which made it clear the French team was staking its claim in a driver who has been part of their development programme for the past four years. It sparked suggestions that Piastri was not informed of the announcement, and the exciting young driver has claimed this to be true. Alpine put out a statement on social media confirming their plans to promote the F2 champion to a race seat.

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Kevin Magnussen has been among the biggest surprises of the season, making the most of his second chance at a F1 career. Ricciardo is after all contracted for 2023 but, if Piastri is to be believed, then there’s a vacancy at his old team that could keep his F1 career alive in the event of being pushed out of McLaren. That surprise U-turn for Ricciardo wouldn’t be as awkward as it seems given Alpine has changed management since he left, while team principal Otmar Szafnauer has left the door open to a return. It’s rare to see a driver at AlphaTauri with the sort of longevity Pierre Gasly is offering. Magnussen has been the star of the show for Haas, claiming five points finishes, including a stunning fifth in his return race. But now, according to Autosport, the only matter to solve in forcing Ricciardo out for Piastri is the matter of a settlement. It was thought to be good news for 21-year-old Melbournian Oscar Piastri who was a hot favourite to be promoted from his reserve driver role. He claimed points at seven of the first nine races in 2022 and now impressively sits ahead of Alonso and Ricciardo in the drivers’ standings. It’s hardly a surprise after Piastri effectively turned down a guaranteed seat in F1 on Wednesday, when he denied Alpine’s statement that said he would drive for the team in 2023. Despite rumours in the off-season that he might quit in the aftermath of that controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi decider, Hamilton is back and still has a score to settle. The only question mark earlier this season was around his teammate, Sergio Perez. Perez was a departure from the typical profile of a Red Bull recruit when he signed on for 2021 after his 30th birthday, and after several years in the sport. Ricciardo has been on an ugly collision course with his compatriot, Oscar Piastri. And if the reports from Friday are to be believed, McLaren has told him that he has lost out. 24-year-old Leclerc is signed up until 2026, and 27-year-old Sainz until the end of 2024.

“I understand that, with my agreement, Williams Racing have put out a press release this afternoon that I am driving for them next year,” Albon cheekily wrote ...

He has been linked with a switch to McLaren ahead of the 2023 season as a replacement for Daniel Ricciardo. The 21-year-old wrote: “I understand that, without my agreement, Alpine F1 have put out a press release late this afternoon that I am driving for them next year. and I look forward to seeing what we can achieve as a team in the remainder of this season and next year. Thai-British driver Albon has secured three points for Williams this season and sits 19th in the F1 world drivers' championship leaderboard. Mercedes ace George Russell has congratulated Alex Albon for earning a new Formula One deal and reacted after the Williams driver referenced Oscar Piastri’s Alpine contract debacle in his announcement. And Williams star Albon amusingly mocked the situation when announcing that his own contract had been extended into next season.

Australian driver Oscar Piastri has dropped a bombshell that he will not race for Alpine in Formula One next season, just one hour after the team said he ...

On Monday, Alonso blindsided Alpine by signing a multiyear deal to replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin, despite telling the team in the build-up to and in the hours after the Hungarian Grand Prix that he intended to sign a contract extension with the team for 2023 which included an option for 2024. "This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023. Australian driver Oscar Piastri dropped a bombshell that he will not race for Alpine in Formula One next season, just over an hour after the team said he would replace Aston Martin-bound Fernando Alonso.

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Putting him in a car was what Alpine had but obviously he feels he is going to be driving somewhere else.” “Another scenario is not to continue together. He will have also done himself no favours within Alpine, especially with its senior management; Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer and CEO Laurent Rossi. . Expect plenty more twists as F1 enters the silly season of driver moves.” “Where is he going to be driving? “.... You have got this junior who is so highly rated on the back of what he has done in the junior categories and to sit him on the sidelines and now have him racing and invest all this testing in various different circuits.

Alex Albon has made a subtle dig at Oscar Piastri while announcing he had re-signed with Williams.

"This is right, and I have signed a contract with Williams for 2023. "I understand that, with my agreement, Williams Racing have put out a press release this afternoon that I am driving for them next year," the Tweet read. The young Thai-British driver playfully mocked the Aussie in a tweet announcing he had signed a "multi-year" deal with the Grove outfit.