Alpine has agreed to release Oscar Piastri at the end of the season, allowing him to drive for McLaren in the Abu Dhabi post-season F1 test ⬇️
The two teams have been discussing Piastri’s contractual situation since he was announced as a 2023 McLaren driver in the summer.
However the first sign that there had been progress came when it emerged that Piastri recently spent two days at Paul Ricard at the wheel of last year’s MCL35M, the car previously used to give some initial F1 mileage to Colton Herta, Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward. A final agreement with Alpine to formally release Piastri before the end of the calendar year has now been reached and he is set to make his first public appearance with McLaren in the current MCL36 at the young driver test on the Tuesday after the Abu Dhabi GP.
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