'Alpine shocked by Alonso news, Piastri main candidate to take over seat'

Jon Noble

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Interesting chat this morning to Alpine team Otmar Szafnauer about the Alonso/Aston Martin fallout. He only found out about the shock move from press release; Piastri is team's preferred candidate as replacement. Stories coming soon.

Adam Cooper

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'@AlpineF1Team boss Otmar Szafnauer has confirmed that the first the team knew about @alo_oficial's departure was from yesterday's @AstonMartinF1 press release. As of Sunday night, and the last chat with ALO, they still thought he was staying

Adam Cooper

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Confirmed too that there is now a legal limbo with @OscarPiastri. @AlpineF1Team clearly believes that PIA is contractually obliged to drive if offered a 2023 race seat. The question now is what sort of arrangement he and manager Mark Webber have made with @McLarenF1...