The remarkable events of Tuesday around Alpine junior Oscar Piastri -- which have been labelled Oscargate and the Piasco online -- appeared to confirm McLaren is intent on replacing one Australian in Daniel Ricciardo with another. McLaren CEO Zak Brown now appears to be playing a game of chicken with his superstar driver, waiting for him to walk away from his contract so he doesn't have to pay a heavy penalty for tearing it up before it expires at the end of 2023. Ricciardo has exit clauses on his side of his deal, but there is a clear unwillingness from the eight-time race winner to fall on his sword to get Brown out of a legal mess of his own making. Multiple sources have told N that...
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