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Alpine set to take Oscar Piastri and McLaren to court

It is far from a relaxing summer break for the Alpine F1 Team and Oscar Piastri, after the pair's contract fiasco looks set to go to court. Following Fernando Alonso's announcement that he'd be leaving Alpine at the end of 2022 to replace Sebastian Vettel at the Aston Martin F1 Team, Alpine shortly after released their own statement informing that reserve driver Piastri had been promoted for 2023. However, Piastri quickly released his own statement, informing the world that he hadn't agreed to race for Alpine next season, and crucially won't be either. Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer has been left furious, with the Romanian American insisting that Piastri must show 'loyalty', with Alpine...
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