Alpine planned to promote Oscar Piastri to the role of lead driver this year, but behind the team’s back he signed a contract with McLaren, which was later confirmed by the FIA Contract Recognition Board.
Otmar Szafnauer, head of the Alpine team at the time, said in an interview with Peter Windsor that an attempt could have been made to keep Oscar…
Otmar Szafnauer: “If we had tested the contract in the English court, because it fell under English law, the result could have been very different from the decision of the Council for the Recognition of Contracts.
But we wanted it, and Oscar didn’t. It was therefore decided not to continue the legal disputes, but to leave everything as it is. But it wasn’t me who decided that, it was decided for me.
I wish Oscar all the best. I think 2024 or 2025 will be more important. We have to give him time to get used to the team, to the circuits, to the car.
His teammate Lando Norris is very talented, so it is especially interesting to compare them. Even though everyone says Oscar did well this year, and that’s true, Lando was still way ahead. Not in all races, but in terms of points and personal statistics.”
Source: F1 News
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