Reject drops big clue for Aussie prodigy's future

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News that erstwhile Formula 1 operator Daniil Kyvat is considering a power to NASCAR has provided a large hint to the aboriginal plans of rising Australian prima Oscar Piastri.

Kvyat, whose F1 acquisition includes a stint arsenic Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull teammate, is presently the reserve operator astatine Alpine.

Piastri, who won the F3 rubric past twelvemonth and presently leads the F2 championship, is simply a subordinate of the Alpine Academy, and has been linked to the reserve operator relation astatine Alpine for 2022.

There's conscionable 1 spot near connected the F1 grid for adjacent season, with Alfa Romeo, and Piastri precocious told Wide World of Sports that helium doesn't expect to get that position. The 20-year-old from Melbourne alternatively revealed that the "logical step" would beryllium for him to unafraid the 3rd operator relation astatine Alpine, and people an F1 debut successful 2023, erstwhile Fernando Alonso's declaration has expired.

Kyvat posted to societal media connected the play from the NASCAR contention astatine Martinsville Speedway, noting that it was "really cool" and "maybe 1 time I privation to contention here."

The Russian, who has besides been linked to a imaginable determination to Formula E, volition person to find determination other to ply his commercialized successful 2022, if, arsenic is wide expected, helium loses his Alpine spot to the young Australian.

Piastri's manager, nine-time expansive prix victor Mark Webber, confirmed arsenic overmuch to Wide World of Sports earlier this year, erstwhile helium said that Alpine was pulling retired each the stops to support the young Australian.

"Alpine cognize that Oscar should truly beryllium the lone one," Webber said.

"They don't privation to beryllium losing him, they're moving hard to support him and that's a tremendous concern for Oscar to beryllium in, due to the fact that he's doing each his talking connected the track."

"They cognize that he's their main man. We've conscionable got to enactment retired a solution with Alpine for the future, I'm assured it volition beryllium OK."

Piastri's apt relation astatine Alpine would see moving astatine a fig of Friday free-practice sessions, with F1 introducing a caller regularisation for 2022 requiring teams to tally a rookie operator during the season.

He's besides expected to look for Alpine astatine the young operator trial successful Abu Dhabi successful December.

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