💬 “I’m a bit surprised Oscar thought that first, he was better than Williams.' Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has taken a swipe at McLaren-bound Oscar Piastri for thinking he was above a Williams F1 seat
That led to an extraordinary tug-of-war for Piastri’s services, with McLaren ultimately prevailing., Rossi claimed Alpine had secured Piastri a seat with Williams for 2023 back in April but the 21-year-old Australian shopped around for a better drive.
“Like George [Russell] before him, who went to Williams before returning to Mercedes, like Charles [Leclerc] who went to Sauber before returning to Ferrari, like Max [Verstappen] and like Sebastian [Vettel], who both raced for Toro Rosso before driving for Red Bull, they all did a ‘junior’ team before moving up.
“We did deliver on our commitment to Oscar very quickly, as we exercised our option on November 15, agreeing on Head of Terms which said he would be reserve,” he said. “He would receive an extensive training programme, among other things 5,000km of driving through the year, and we’re going to find him a driving seat for ‘23 and ’24.
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