Marko Hanželic
New Formula 2 champion Oscar piastri is disappointed that he will not be a regular Formula One driver next year. Australian wants to take on the role of alternate and test driver on the team Alpine and wait for your chance. According to him, he should get it in the 2023 season at the latest.
"I did everything in my power to recommend myself for a place in Formula One," he said Piastres - and he is undoubtedly right. The Australian protégé of former Formula 1 driver and compatriot Mark Webber has subdued all three series with lightning speed, leading to Formula 1.
It's 2019 Piastres won his European Cup title in his first season Formula Renault. In 2020, he won - again as a rookie - in an exciting trio for the title of champion in Formulas 3. This year he was extremely sovereign in Formulas 2 and in the end celebrated with more than sixty points ahead of the second-ranked Russian Shwartzman.
But despite the exceptional series, which among the current racers in equivalent series can only boast Charles Leclerc in George Russell, is a racer of the academy Alpine left without a seat in F1 .. At Alpine, the seats will be filled again in 2022 Fernando Alonso in Esteban Ocon, But the French have no party in which to place themselves Piastria. “Of course I’m a little disappointed that I can’t get into Formula 1 right away and I really hope to be a regular F2023 racer in 1,” he said Piastres.
