News Details

Alpine focus was ‘Piastri, Piastri, Piastri' – Alonso

Aug.27 Fernando Alonso says he decided to leave Alpine for 2023 because he had the impression the Renault-owned team's focus for the future was clearly on Oscar Piastri. Ultimately, when the 41-year-old Spaniard announced his impending move to Aston Martin, Alpine swiftly promoted 21-year-old Piastri for 2023 – before the Australian announced that he would not drive for the team next year. 'Absolutely,' Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer said when asked if Piastri has subsequently signed for McLaren. He also questioned the Mark Webber-managed Piastri's 'integrity' for breaching the spirit of his agreement with Alpine – with the FIA's contract recognition board to hear the contract...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso ‘sad' about Piastri conspiracy theory

Aug.26 Fernando Alonso says he is 'sad' to be implicated in a sort of...
1y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

‘Max did nothing wrong': Helmut Marko hails...

At 24-years-old, Max Verstappen has already cemented his place as one of...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

‘Who is Domenicali?' GP organiser lashes out at...

Dmitry Svishchev, chairman of the sports administration in Russia's...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

‘Loud' Andretti may not provide ‘value'...

Aug.25 Formula 1 is still reluctant to open the sport's paddock gates to...
1y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rovanpera romps to WRC Rally Poland victory

Kalle Rovanperä began the final leg 9.4sec in front of Mikkelsen, but the...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Fabrizio Romano provides latest update on Arsenal...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is searching the transfer market for new...
27m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Lip reader reveals what Declan Rice said to Slovakia...

Following England's 2-1 victory over Slovakia at the Euros, Declan Rice...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Euro 2024: Bellingham's moment of quality saves England

Morning, welcome to a brand new week. England are through to the...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.