Alpine, amid his younger star’s infidelities and an inventory of riders who may very well be seduced by 2023

Plan the feeling of what you’ve been preaching for the past few days alpine Feather formula 1 Blur game announcement Fernando AlonsoThe move to Aston Martin in 2023, the main protagonist of the project, was a blow to the team, who 24 hours later received a public slap on social media as a young star Unaware of his appointment to replace the two-time Spanish champions, Oscar Piastri sparked a conflict that was out of sight for the Enstone team.,

with big circus on leave until August 28, when the calendar resumes at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the team leads Otmar Szafnauer Doesn’t know the break: Managing the last nine dates with a rider who won’t stay in the squad, figuring out how to sue what he did with the talented Australian and trying to snag a spot. Contacting candidates who suddenly become free, the circumstances that set the agenda.

Oscar Piastri dismissed Alpine’s announcement of replacing Fernando Alonso in 2023; The team will go to court to resolve the dispute with the AustralianClive Rose – Getty Images Europe

The Piastri involvement is on the way to a court resolution and although the pilot is the part McLaren linked to Lando Norris for 2023, Alpine will fight to keep him in their garage. ,We have a contract. Last year it clocked 3,500 kilometers in a single seater in seven independent tests, and that’s anything but cheap, The cost of an engine is 1,750,000 euros, but also the mechanics, the team that manages the tests, flights and trips … A lot of money has been spent on Piastri to prepare it for the future and if that future has compensation for requires us. That’s logical and reasonable,” said Szafner, noting the call from 14 pilots to sit in the seat, which currently has no owner: “I’m not surprised so many people are calling me, but K. you’ll be four be and there is a piaster”.

Alpine owner Otmar Szafner speaks of Oscar Piastri’s infidelityClive Rose – Getty Images North America

In an interview with El Confidential, Szafner explained the rationale for Alpine’s statement following Aston Martin’s announcement of Alonso’s hiring. The contract with Piastri, signed in November 2021, says the Australian will race in F.1 in 2023, so Alpine had two options: put him in place of Alonso or transfer him to another team, which inspired the idea of ​​the Asturiers was linking extended. “Rather than leave it, we chose to leave it in our car. He expected more loyalty from Piastri. He needs to be with the team that takes care of him and takes him to the world championship so he knows the circuit, I started at F.1 in 1989 and I had never seen anything like it. And it’s not about F.1, it’s about integrity as a human being. He signed a document, a piece of paper, and said something else. It wasn’t done,” said the Romanian-American, who worked at Aston Martin before joining Alpine.

Alpine and McLaren are battling for fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship, with just four points – 99 to 95 – in favor of the British Norris-manufactured Alonso-Ocon formula Daniel RicciardoThe Aussie could be the card that underscores his compatriot’s status in the Enstone team: Woking has already indicated he has no plans for next season despite having another year’s contract with the Zack Brown-led team., For some time the pilot has been saying that the termination clause is in his favor and based on this reasoning he can negotiate different scenarios to continue in F.1. If his future lies with Alpine it would be a humbling return, although an advantage as he was already working with the team when he took the Renault name. Disagreements of the past are forgotten because these people are no longer in the frame. The awkward spot is played by Ocon, a rookie who was a rookie when Ricciardo was the star driver but who has now found success last year, narrowly passing Alonso whom he overtook by 17 points in 2022.

Daniele Ricciardo, who drove for Renault in 2019 and 2020, is Alpine’s replacement; The Australian will not continue at McLaren next yearIrwin Sherriau—What

Other names with seats in F.1 and who wants to be seduced by Alpine Pierre Gaslifor which Mexican Sergio Check Perez’s contract extension prevents him from returning to Red Bull Racing, from where he was demoted to Alfa Tauri in 2019 after that season’s Hungarian Grand Prix, and Michael sSchumacher, which cut 12 units with Haas in 2022, although Michael’s son intends to look for a more competitive structure. Delusions about switching to Ferrari have no place, at least in the next two calendars: Monegasque Charles Leclerc and Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr. have valid Scuderia contracts. The German is a Ferrari Driver Academy driver so he’ll have to break the tie if he wants to reach Enstone.

“The Alpine seat is the most valuable”, with this sentence Szafner wants to win the will of Piastri and a handful of riders who do not yet have to confirm a seat for 2023.