Alpine announced on Tuesday that Oscar Piastri would race for the team, in Formula 1, in 2023. However, at the end of the afternoon, the Australian driver ended up denying the statement and denying the agreement.
I understand that, without my consent, Alpine put out a press release this afternoon that I would be racing for them next year. This is not true and I have not signed with Alpine for 2023. I will not be racing for Alpine in 2023,” Piatri wrote in the twitter.
Initially, the French brand had announced Piastri as a replacement for Fernando Alonso, who headed to Aston Martin to complete the announced “reform” of Sebastian Vettel.
After four years as part of the Renault and Alpine family, our reserve driver Oscar Piastri is promoted and will occupy an official seat alongside Esteban Ocon from 2023.
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Piastri, 21, is from Melbourne and is widely expected to be a debutant in motorsport’s premier class, having won the Formula 2 championship last year, the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 and the Formula 3 championship in 2019. 2020
Source: Observadora
