Oscar Piastri confirmed as Fernando Alonso’s substitute at Alpine for the 2023 Components Just one year

Oscar Piastri has been confirmed as the substitution driver for Fernando Alonso at Alpine for the 2023 Components Just one time .

Piastri, who is Australian, will be Esteban Ocon’s new crew-mate following 12 months.

Alpine said in a assertion on social media: “Immediately after four a long time as element of the Renault and Alpine spouse and children, Reserve Driver Oscar Piastri is promoted to a race seat alongside Esteban Ocon commencing from 2023.”

Piastri is a System A few and Components Two winner. He received System Two in dominant manner in 2021. In 2022 he took a 12 months off racing as the team’s reserve driver, but has been in McLaren’s pool of reserves.

Alpine at this time sit fourth in the constructors’ standings four points forward of rivals McLaren.

Alpine crew principal Otmar Szafnauer explained he only uncovered out about Alonso’s transfer to Aston Martin when he read the official push launch.

“Yes, the first confirmation I had was the press release,” he informed reporters.

“I did ask the query (to Alonso). And I was instructed: ‘No, no, I have not signed anything’. So I was a little bit stunned.

“We offered a a person additionally a person deal. And we talked about with Fernando that: ‘look, if following 12 months at this time you happen to be doing at the very same stage, of training course, we will just take you and that could have carried on’. But I assume he wished much more certainty independent of functionality.”