Oscar Piastri has already signed a contract with Williams?

Oscar Piastri, last year’s Formula 2 champion, is Alpine’s reserve driver this season and has promised training and private testing on Friday but will not be able to race.

At the same time, the 21-year-old Australian is considered one of the most promising representatives of a new generation of racers and I naturally want his talent to appear on the Formula 1 circuits as soon as possible.

Tom Coronel, a Dutch driver with extensive experience in a wide range of motorsport categories, who works as an expert with Dutch TV channels, is ready to believe the rumors that Piastri has already signed a contract with Williams for 2023 and will become the new teammate by Alex Albon.

“Of course we will soon see alpine reserve driver Oscar Piastri taking over the wheel,” Coronel told RacingNews365. – It seems that the contract has already been signed in Monaco. There are persistent rumors about that, but I don’t know when an official statement will be made.

If Alpine wants a driver like Piastri to gain experience and adapt in Formula 1, they must set aside a solid budget to do so, which will allow him to get a place in the team. You can’t fit him into Williams for free.

But this means Alpine wants to keep the team lineup unchanged.”

Coronel means that Piastri’s contract with Williams, when and if confirmed, will essentially mean Fernando Alonso remains in the works Renault team for the 2023 season.

If events unfold exactly as the Dutchman says, Oscar Piastri will become Alex Albon’s new partner, replacing Nicholas Latifi. The Canadian has had plenty of time to prove himself, but regularly lost to George Russell in 2020 and 2021 and this season he loses to Albon.