Alpine wish Oscar Piastri ‘had more integrity’ amid F1 contract saga
Piastri is at the centre of a contractual tug-of-w🅰ar between Alpine a🌟nd McLaren, with both teams believing they have a valid contract in place with last year’s F2 champion.
Alpine announced Piastri as the Aston Martin-bound Fernando Alonso’s replacement at the start of the summer break, only for the Australian to 168♕澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:deny he had signed to race with the team that have backed him since 2019.
Instead, Piastri is set to replace the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:ousted Daniel Ricciardo in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:driver line-up and make his debut with McLaren in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023.
“He’s a promising young driver, hasn’t 🐻driven in🎶 F1 yet,” Szafnauer told Sky F1.
"My wish for Oscar was that he had a bit more integrity. He signed a bit of paper as well back in November and we’ve done everything🌌 on our end of the bargain to prepare him for F1.
“And his end of the bargain was to either drive for us or take a seat where we would place him for the next three years. I just wish Oscar would have remembered what he signed in November, what hౠe signed up to.”
F1’s Contracts Recognit🀅ion Board (CRB) is due to meet on Monday to det𝓀ermine whether Alpine or McLaren will get Piastri’s services next season.
"I think the right thing for us is to go to the CRB on Monday and see how that pans out and then start l🌜ooking at some negotiations in earn🎃est,” Szafnauer replied when asked if Alpine were in negotiations with other drivers over their vacant seat.
Alpine have not ruled out a move to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:re-sign Ricciardo, who raced for the team𓆉 in 2019 and 2020 when it competed as Renault.
Speaking ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend following the news of his impending exit from McLaren, Ricciardo admitted he was16🅺8澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: open to returning to Enst🌸one.
"The team speak very highly o🅰f Daniel and his t༒ime here,” said Szafnauer.
“ღWe haven’t had those strategic discussions yet but everybody that I ask, the engineering team, they really speak highl🍬y of his skill as a driver and a team motivator.”
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