Australian Oscar Piastri will race for McLaren next season on a multi\u002Dyear deal after the Formula One team won their contract dispute with Renault\u002Downed rivals…
Alpine had wanted to promote him to a race seat after double world champion Fernando Alonso, 41, announced he was leaving for Aston Martin at the end of the season but the Australian rejected the offer.
“I’m extremely excited to be making my F1 debut with such a prestigious team as McLaren and I’m very grateful for the opportunity that’s been offered to me,” it quoted Piastri as saying. July 4, the date Piastri signed his McLaren contract, was the day after the British Grand Prix at Silverstone — round 10 of the 22 race championship.Article content
“There’s two reasons why we wanted to have Oscar: I think he has shown in the junior categories that he is something very special and has a lot of potential. Plus also in terms of personality I think he is a perfect fit into our team.
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