F1 team Alpine angry with Piastri after bizarre transfer soap: ‘You don’t do that’ | Motorsport

sport">“We have invested millions of euros in him and let him make his first meters in a Formula 1 car. So I really don’t understand why he wants to go to another team. I started in Formula 1 in 1989 and I’ve never seen anything like it. This is about the integrity of a person. You just don’t do that.”

sport">Alpine recently announced that Piastri will be the new driver alongside Esteban Ocon. The Australian is already a reserve driver at the racing stable. He would succeed Fernando Alonso from next year. Piastri won the Formula 2 world title in December. A year before that, he secured the overall victory in Formula 3.

sport">Piastri denies he has a new contract with Alpine. He seems to have his sights set on a move to McLaren. “But we have a contract with Piastri, which he signed in November,” emphasizes Szafnauer. “We have spoken to our lawyers and they say it is a binding contract.”

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