Fernando Alonso sent the Formula 1 ‘silly season’ into overdrive when he announced that he would be departing Alpine for Aston Martin next year. This shock move triggered a domino effect that saw Alpine replace the Spaniard with Pierre Gasly, and AlphaTauri then filling their vacancy with Nyck de Vries from Mercedes. Gasly was not Alpine’s preferred option at the time however, as young Oscar Piastri was in line to step up from his development role into a race seat, but the Australian chose a different path. Piastri was forced to release a statement following Alpine announcing him as a 2023 partner for Esteban Ocon, stating that nothing had been signed, as he eventually went on to...
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