Alpine Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer is confident of keeping hold of Oscar Piastri despite the driver announcing he won't be at Alpine in 2023.
Earlier this month, the saga ignited when Fernando Alonso announced that he would be leaving the team at the end of 2022, to replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel for Aston Martin. Alpine duly 'confirmed' that highly rated reserve-driver Piastri would be stepping up to replace him.
However, in an explosive twist, the Australian took to Twitter to deny that claim. Daniel Ricciardo has since confirmed he will be exiting McLaren when the season is over, leading to the widespread assumption that Piastri has agreed a deal to partner Lando Norris.
