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Madeline Coleman

Piastri Says He Won’t Be Driving for Alpine F1 in 2023

A day after the news broke Fernando Alonso will join Aston Martin in 2023, Alpine confirmed the driver who will fill their vacant seat—Oscar Piastri. 

The young reserve driver appeared to be the evident choice to fill the seat next season, but the announcement came just hours after Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer would not confirm whether Piastri would drive for the team next season despite the “contractual obligations,” per BBC. 

There is no quote from the driver in the team’s announcement, and hours later, Piastri denied that he signed to driver for Alpine in Formula One next season. 

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