Oscar Piastri is turning heads, but Formula One star Fernando Alonso won’t readily step aside
Formula One’s oldest driver has no intention of stepping aside for Australia’s emerging talent, Oscar Piastri.
Piastri is a reserve driver at the Australian Grand Prix for Alpine, the team of Alonso and Esteban Ocon. Both Alonso and Ocon are gushing in their praise of their Melbourne-born reserve. “At the beginning of the year I still feel competitive and fast, and still enjoying [my] time in Formula One, so I will race again a couple more years, two or three more years.”
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