Former Formula 1 driver and manager of Oscar Piastri, Mark Webber, has suggested that Alpine were not entirely honest about the money they put into the 21-year-old’s junior career. Piastri was promoted to the role as test and reserve driver with the French side this season after winning the Formula 2 title last year as part of their academy. He had also won Formula 3 in 2020 while working with their junior programme under its Renault guise, and he was ultimately being prepared for a race seat. However, team principal Otmar Szafnauer had told the Australian that, depending on the future of Fernando Alonso, Piastri might not have an Alpine seat until 2025. READ: Fury after ‘toxic’ TV...
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