‘Didn’t even ask’: Oscar Piastri ‘bullying’ drama erupts

‘Didn’t even ask’: Oscar Piastri ‘bullying’ drama erupts

Oscar Piastri’s F1 team have sensationally claimed the young Aussie was ‘bullied’ when he was signed to rival team Alpine.

Alpine tried to ‘bully’ him – Zak Brown lifts lid on saga that took Oscar Piastri to McLaren

Alpine tried to “bully” Oscar Piastri into driving for the team in 2023 prior to losing out on his services to McLaren in Formula 1, according to CEO Zak Brown. Brown described how Alpine’s infamous press release naming Piastri as Fernando Alonso’s replacement was issued without even speaking to the driver, branding the move a pressure tactic. “They did not even ask him,” Brown told Mail Sport. “They put the statement out as if it was a done dea…

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In 2022, Alpine F1 and McLaren were both convinced that they had recruited the rising star Oscar Piastri for the 2023 season. If McLaren finally won, Zak Brown revealed the tactics used by Alpine to "intimidate" Piastri and convince him to stay at Enstone. At the head of the championship, it is difficult to imagine the Australian rider having the same success in another team. But just a few years ago, Piastri was a junior (...)