Piastri disowned Alpine and denied he would run with them in 2023

Just two hours later Alpine advertise on Oscar Piastri in lieu of Fernando Alonso For 2023, the Australian, this year’s reserve driver, denied that he had any contract signed with the French team and even confirmed that next season he will not be with Alpine in the F1 World Championship.

“I understand that, without my consent, Alpine F1 issued a press release late this afternoon that I will drive for them next year. That is wrong, I did not sign a contract with Alpine for 2023. No I will be racing for Alpine next year”, the resounding message of Piastri on Twitter, denying the note from the French team.

2023 driver line-up confirmed: Esteban Ocon 🤝 Oscar Piastri

After four years as part of the Renault and Alpine family, Reserve Driver Oscar Piastri has been promoted to a racing seat alongside Esteban Ocon from 2023. pic.twitter.com/4Fvy0kaPn7

— BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) August 2, 2022

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I understand that, without my agreement, Alpine F1 issued a press release late this afternoon that I will be driving for them next year. This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023. I will not drive for Alpine next year.

— Oscar Piastri (@OscarPiastri) August 2, 2022

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Alpine made Piastri official as the Frenchman’s new partner Stephen Ocon in 2023 one day after Aston-Martin announced on Monday that Fernando Alonso will be the German’s replacement next season Sebastian Vettel and new couple Lance Strolling. Within two hours that announcement was questioned by the interested party.

Piastri, 21, is another young talent whose tweet shows he has other career plans away from Alpine. He has been at the Alpine Academy for a long time and his consecutive Formula titles Renault Euro Cup (2019), the Formula 3 (2020) and the Formula 2 (2021) proves that it has potential that has been overlooked in the paddocks of circuits.

There are some F1 teams that have not yet confirmed their two drivers for 2023, such as AlphaTauri, Alfa Romeo, Hass Y Williams. In the top teams, McLaren This offers more doubt: Lando Norris has a contract until 2025, but the performance of Daniel Ricciardo This opens up questions about whether the year 2023 will end remaining in the British team. Piastri’s name can also enter there.

The ‘Alpine-Piastri’ case is almost a carbon copy of the mess mounted around Alex Palouthe current champion of IndyCar. Your current team Chip Ganassialso announced a few weeks ago that the Catalan pilot will continue with them in 2023, but after some time Palou came out saying that this will not be the case and that he will sign for McLarenalthough it was not specified whether he would race with his IndyCar or F1 team.

Chip Ganassi even sued Palou, understanding that he had rights to him, but the Spaniard assured that next season he will be a McLaren driver wherever he is.