Alpine team where Spanish double world champion contests Formula 1 World Championship Fernando AlonsoThe Asturian will be replaced by the Australian next season, he announced on Tuesday, who will become the Aston Martin driver next year. Oscar Piastri.
Alonso, who celebrated his 41st birthday last Friday at the Hungaroring circuit, where he celebrated his first of 32 premier class victories in 2003, was cast in the ‘bomb’ at the start of the holiday, he said on Monday. would go to Aston Martin from next season; The team that will leave when he retires at the end of the season is four-time German world champion Sebastian Vettel (2010-13, with Red Bull). The double Asturian world champion will partner with Canadian Lance Stroll, ‘Seb’s current sports partner, to his new team.
As a result of Alonso’s team change, Alpine announced on Tuesday that its driving roster for next season will consist of current teammate of the Oviedo driver, Frenchman Esteban Ocon, and Australian Piastri, born 21 years ago in Melbourne. ; He is the winner of Formula 2 last year and the current tester for the team.
“After four years as part of the Renault and Alpine family, our backup driver Oscar Piastri has risen and will take an official seat next to Esteban Ocon It starts in 2023,” said Alpine’s statement.
Piastri won the F2 championship last year, won the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 and the Formula 3 championship in 2020.