Oscar Piastri

2022 - 8 - 2

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Oscar Piastri denies Alpine announcement and says he will be ... (Sky Sports)

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."

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ANALYSIS: What's going on with Alpine and Oscar Piastri – and ... (Formula 1 RSS UK)

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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Oscar Piastri nie avoir été promu par Alpine pour la saison de 2023 (Le Devoir)

Oscar Piastri a affirmé qu'il ne pilotera pas une voiture Alpine la saison prochaine, quelques heures seulement après que l'écurie de Formule 1 eut annoncé ...

Aston Martin a annoncé lundi avoir mis sous contrat Alonso, double champion du monde âgé de 41 ans, afin de remplacer Sebastian Vettel, qui a annoncé la semaine dernière qu’il prendra sa retraite au terme de la saison en cours. C’est faux et je n’ai pas signé de contrat avec Alpine pour 2023. Alonso a surpris l’équipe lundi, annonçant qu’il pilotera chez Aston Martin en 2023.

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'This is wrong': Driver refutes F1 team's announcement of his ... (The Washington Post)

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.”

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Daniel Ricciardo deserves better than being pawn in McLaren's pursuit of Oscar Piastri (ESPN)

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.

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Oscar Piastri nie la déclaration le liant à Alpine (RDS)

Piastri a affirmé sur Twitter qu'il niait la déclaration de Alpine qui annonçait plus tôt aujourd'hui que le pilote de 21 ans se joindrait à l'équipe en ...

Il a accompli l'exploit en tant que recrue, devenant le troisième pilote après Charles Leclerc et George Russell à le faire. Dans le cadre de notre collaboration lors des quatre dernières années, nous l'avons vu se développer en un pilote qui est plus que capable de passer à l'étape suivante qu'est la Formule 1. « En tant que pilote réserviste, il a été exposé à l'équipe sur la piste, à l'usine et lors des essais, où il a démontré une maturité, un avenir prometteur et de la vitesse », avait écrit le directeur d'Alpine, Otmar Szafnauer, dans ce communiqué. « Oscar est un brillant et rare talent.

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Alpine annonce l'arrivée de Piastri en 2023... et ce dernier dément ... (TVA Sports)

L'Australien remplacera-t-il bel et bien Fernando Alonso lors de la prochaine saison de Formule 1?

Je ne serai pas pilote pour Alpine l'an prochain », a déclaré le pilote de 21 ans, sur ses comptes Twitter et Instagram. Nous sommes fiers de l'avoir couvé et soutenu tout au long de son parcours dans des formules de promotion extrêmement relevées », a-t-il affirmé. Le patron d'Alpine, actuellement quatrième au classement des constructeurs, s'était réjoui de cette paire de pilotes dans le communiqué diffusé mardi.

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Alpine promotes Piastri to Formula One seat, but driver insists he ... (Sportsnet.ca)

Alpine said Tuesday it has promoted Australian reserve driver Oscar Piastri into the Formula One seat that opened a day earlier on Fernando Alonso's ...

“Together, we believe the duo will give us the continuity we need to achieve our longterm goal of challenging for wins and championships.” It’s been a hectic six days of F1 “silly season” that opened ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix with Vettel announcing he’ll retire at the end of the year. Sargeant, a current F2 driver from Florida, will be the first American to participate in an F1 weekend since Alexander Rossi in 2015.

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Oscar Piastri says he will not race for Alpine (ESPN)

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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Here Are Some Of The Best Tweets On The Oscar Piastri Alpine ... (WTF1)

The Twitterverse literally exploded yesterday after Oscar Piastri came out to TURN DOWN his supposed new F1 contract with Alpine for 2023!

— Alex Jacques (@AlexJacquesF1)August 2, 2022 — Ryanair (@Ryanair)August 2, 2022 — Specsavers (@Specsavers)August 2, 2022 — breals 🏁 (@sophieebrearley)August 2, 2022 — nic 🏁 (@nnicolef1)August 2, 2022 — Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean)August 2, 2022

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Here Are Some Of The Best Tweets On The Oscar Piastri Alpine ... (WTF1)

The Twitterverse literally exploded yesterday after Oscar Piastri came out to TURN DOWN his supposed new F1 contract with Alpine for 2023!

— Alex Jacques (@AlexJacquesF1)August 2, 2022 — Ryanair (@Ryanair)August 2, 2022 — Specsavers (@Specsavers)August 2, 2022 — breals 🏁 (@sophieebrearley)August 2, 2022 — nic 🏁 (@nnicolef1)August 2, 2022 — Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean)August 2, 2022

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Oscar Piastri nie avoir été promu par Alpine pour la saison 2023 (Le Nouvelliste)

Oscar Piastri a affirmé qu'il ne pilotera pas une voiture Alpine la saison prochaine, quelques heures seulement après que l'écurie de Formule 1 eut annoncé ...

Aston Martin a annoncé lundi avoir mis sous contrat Alonso, double champion du monde âgé de 41 ans, afin de remplacer Sebastian Vettel, qui a annoncé la semaine dernière qu’il prendra sa retraite au terme de la saison en cours. C’est faux et je n’ai pas signé de contrat avec Alpine pour 2023. Alonso a surpris l’équipe lundi, annonçant qu’il pilotera chez Aston Martin en 2023.

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F1 | Oscar Piastri dément avoir signé chez Alpine (La Presse)

Oscar Piastri a affirmé qu'il ne piloterait pas une voiture Alpine la saison prochaine, quelques heures seulement après que l'écurie de Formule 1 a annoncé ...

Aston Martin a annoncé lundi avoir mis sous contrat Alonso, double champion du monde âgé de 41 ans, afin de remplacer Sebastian Vettel, qui a dit la semaine dernière qu’il prendrait sa retraite au terme de la saison en cours. C’est faux et je n’ai pas signé de contrat avec Alpine pour 2023. Alonso a surpris l’équipe lundi, annonçant qu’il piloterait chez Aston Martin en 2023.

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