Oscar Piastri is at the center of covetousness. Alpine reserve driver, the young 21-year-old Australian is regularly cited among the hopefuls destined to make his arrival in the big world of Formula 1.Oscar is pure talent, remarks Otmar Szafnauer, director of Alpine F1 Team. He did some tests and will do more in the future. He is doing very well.»
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Unless he starts earlier in F1? “I can’t rule it out or predict it“, was content to declare Szafnauer, who however ensures that the world champion of F3 then F2 for the past two seasons will have a place on the grid in 2023.
Recently, an interest from Williams has packed the usually choppy F1 transfer market in the off-season. While Nicholas Latifi, in great difficulty with the British team (0 points this season), sees his position threatened, Piastri appears as a more than credible alternative. “It’s in our little papers“, thus confirmed Friday Jost Capito, the boss of Williams.
