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‘Breakdown in trust': Oscar Piastri reveals Alpine made bizarre decision
Alpine reserve driver, Oscar Piastri, has revealed that he told the team he would not be racing with them in 2022, only for them to announce him anyway. Piastri won the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles consecutively in 2020 and 2021, but there were no seats available to him this year. The Australian had been part of the Alpine academy for several years, so the French side promoted him to the role of test and reserve driver, with the hope of getting him into Formula 1 in the coming years. Fernando Alonso, meanwhile, was negotiating with the Enstone-based team on a new contract, and they were reportedly only willing to keep him on for another year, with an option for him to extend to the end...
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