These are hot, boiling days and this is also demonstrated by the drivers' market which got into full swing in the last week of July. The beginning of the dances gave it sebastian vettel, who on July 28 announced his retirement at the end of the season. The German driver, 4 times world champion has been replaced by Fernando Alonso who yesterday, August 1, formalized his transfer from Alpine to Aston Martin.
This scenario has opened the doors of the French team to two main contenders: Oscar Piastri young rider from the Alpine nursery e Daniel Ricciardo, ready to take over if McLaren had an exchange in mind to get Piastri himself. In the late afternoon today the Alpine has confirmed the presence of Piastri in the 2023 driver duo via an announcement on social media and a press release. Everyone happy ever after? It would seem so, but a little while ago a disturbing and disconcerting detail emerged from the profile of Oscar Piastri.
Piastri denies it
“I understand that, without my consent, Alpine F1 issued a press release in the late afternoon, saying that I would be driving for them in 2023. But that's not true and I didn't sign any contracts with them in 2023. I will not be driving for Alpine in 2023. " With these words posted on an Instagram story and on Twitter, Oscar Piastri has officially denied Alpine's announcement. A piece of news which, in addition to creating great embarrassment, also gives us a preview of what, having ascertained the fact that Piastri will not go to Alpine, will be the next transfer market hit.
And continue the road to McLaren?
Lo scenario more logical would therefore be what we hypothesized in the morning, with the arrival of Piastri in McLaren and of Daniel Ricciardo in Alpine. The team, at this point, does not it would have been downloaded only by Alonso, but also by Piastri! In short, a plot worthy of a film script, a soap opera that will certainly continue in the coming days. At the moment, everything is silent on the French team's social networks, so we can expect anything.
