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Alpine considers drastic decision after Piastri saga

Article To news overview © XPBimages Oscar Piastri was billed as the future star of Alpine having won the 2020 Formula 3 and 2021 Formula 2 championships. But too much limbo in securing his future led to the Australian defecting to main rivals McLaren, leaving Alpine without a star driver or future prospect. Now Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has suggested that the teams young driver programme could be scrapped, questioning whether the investment is worth doing through their own young driver programmes. Speaking to The Race, Rossi said: “This is not good for the sport. Beyond our little scratch here at Alpine, I think the sport itself gets scratched a bit. "The problem it creates is that...
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