Piastri sees Alpine Farce as a “bizarre” episode

In a summer farce, the Australian was announced by the French Formula 1 racing team as its regular driver for next year. Piastri immediately contradicted this representation because he had long had an agreement with McLaren. "The fact that this was falsely announced was something that my management and I had to correct, and there were also possible legal consequences if we had not denied the announcement," Piastri explained on Saturday. Alpine was surprised by Fernando Alonso's announcement that he would replace Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin from next season. They then announced Piastri as the new regular driver, although the 21-year-old and his management said Alpine had already told Alpine twice that they would not drive for them in 2023. Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer informed Piastri of the announcement while the young racer was sitting in the simulator. Piastri “smiled and was grateful,” said Szafnauer. “Frankly disturbing episode” “This was a bizarre and frankly disturbing episode. It happened publicly in front of some team members who were unaware of the situation and I didn't want to cause a scene in front of them. When we were in private, I explained to Otmar our position and what had been said to him several times before,” Piastri explained. Piastri, successive champion in Formula 3 and Formula 2, is curiously enough to be a reserve driver for both Alpine and McLaren this season. The arbitration board for contract disputes in motorsport had to clarify his dispute. On Friday, his contract with McLaren from 2023 was declared legal.

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Piastri sees Alpine Farce as a “bizarre” episode

Future McLaren driver Oscar Piastri described the farce with Alpine as “confusing and annoying”.

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