Those he is experiencing are intense days Oscar Piastri. The young Australian talent, capable of winning the F3 and F2 titles at the first try in the past two seasons, as had happened before him to Charles Leclerc and George Russell, is in fact at the center of very dense market rumors. According to many well-informed, in fact, the current third Alpine driver could soon become a ‘starter’ in Williams, taking the place of Nicholas Latifinow discharged from the Grove team and who could live in Montreal, on his home track, on his last Sunday in F1.
The 21-year-old driver from Melbourne is also at the center of an interesting one ballot for the Alpine seat 2023, which sees him pitted against the veteran Fernando Alonso. Alpine would therefore have every interest in having Piastri compete in the second half of the season at the wheel of the Williams, in order to be able to evaluate him in a more complete way and decide whether it is actually appropriate to field him alongside Ocon as early as next season. Otherwise Piastri could also run the entire 2023 World Championship with the British team, thus accumulating valuable experience, a bit like it was before him for Russell.
Meanwhile Piastri is keeping his foot warm a Silverstone, where today he is the protagonist of a test day dedicated to him by Alpine. In fact, the French team is running with last season’s single-seater to keep its young pupil trained. However, today’s one could also be an interesting indication of the market. After Canada, in fact, the Circus will move to the United Kingdom. Piastri could therefore be engaged in some sort of in these hours general test for what could be his highly anticipated debut in Formula 1.
👀 @scarpiastri is back at the wheel of the # A521 for his latest test in an F1 car. This time, it’s the legendary Silverstone. pic.twitter.com/0fPc29ap2v
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