F1: Oscar Piastri to replace Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren from 2023 onwards

Oscar Piastri will join McLaren on a multiyear deal in 2023 after Formula Ones contracts board ruled in his favor and against Alpine on FridayAlpine was in dispute with Piastri the teams reserve driver after he said he didnt want promotion to the Alpine seat vacated by Fernando Alonso for next yearAlpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer wanted to retain the 21yearold Australian driverThe matter went before F1s Contract Recognition Board this week and the fourperson tribunal ruled that McLaren had an existing contract in placeThe only contract to be recognized by the board is the contract between McLaren Racing Limited and Mr Piastri dated 4 July 2022 governing body FIA said in a statement Mr Piastri is entitled to drive for McLaren Racing Limited for the 2023 and 2024 seasonsPiastri won the F2 title last yearIm extremely excited to be making my F1 debut with such a prestigious team as McLaren and Im very grateful for the opportunity thats been offered to me Piastri saidAlso Read F2 Jehan Daruvala hoping for troublefree weekend at Dutch GPThe team has a long tradition of giving young talent a chance and Im looking forward to working hard alongside Lando Norris to push the team towards the front of the gridMcLaren CEO Zak Brown called Piastri one of the upandcoming talents and said he can succeed alongside the British driver Norris who has six career podiums in F1In Lando and Oscar we have a young exciting F1 lineup with a huge amount of potential standing us in good stead to achieve our future ambitionsiquest Brown said Oscar is an exciting addition to the McLaren family and we look forward to seeing him grow with our F1 teamAlpine said it accepted the ruling which leaves it with a vacant seat next yearFrench driver Pierre Gasly who drives for AlphaTauri has been linked to the seat So has Daniel Ricciardo who is splitting with McLaren at the end of this yearWe consider the matter closed on our side and will announce our full 2023 driver lineup in due courseAlpine said in a statement Our immediate focus is the Dutch Grand Prix and securing points in our fight for fourth in the constructors championshipAlonso is driving for Aston Martin next year as a replacement for fourtime F1 champion Sebastian Vettel who is retiringThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever