With McLaren, Oscar Piatri can get the first World Cup title of his young Formula 1 career this season. Perhaps it will also be his last at the same time, because the Australian is said to have long dealt with a change to another team.
Is Oscar Piatri in the middle of the fight for the Formula 1 World Championship about a McLaren party? A corresponding rumor spread the Italian motorsport portal “RMCMotori.com” last week. Above all, it was about the future of the driver at Ferrari. In this context, it was claimed that Piatri could open the red in a timely manner.
The Swiss “Blick” takes up this rumor and reports that the current World Cup leading Schiele is already to Maranello and thus switching to Ferrari.
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However, such a change could come about at the 2027 season at the earliest. Only then would Ferrari be released. The most likely that of Lewis Hamilton, in which it is unclear how long he wants to stay in Formula 1.
At Leclerc’s future in red, “rmcmotori.com” had also sown doubts. There it was said that the manager of the Monegassen was already in exchange with three other teams. McLaren, Mercedes and Aston Martin were named.
Ultimately, it could theoretically even result in a driver’s exchange, in which Piatri could land at Ferrari and Leclerc at McLaren. So far, this is not much more than a (rather wild) mind game.
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Especially for Piatri, the main thing is to concentrate on the present, because for him the greatest success of his motorsport career is at stake. He leads the World Cup ranking six races before the end of the Formula 1 season. However, his lead over Team Rival Lando Norris is only 22 points left.