Will Fernando Alonso also drive for Alpine in 2023 or not? It’s one of the very hot questions of the “Silly Season” in Formula 1.
The probability that the Spaniard will stay is “Fifty-Fifty”, said Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer before the British Grand Prix in Silverstone to RTL / ntv.
So the American doesn’t want to be looked at.
Only so much: One is “very satisfied” with Alonso’s performance and will hold talks about a contract extension “in the next few weeks”.
But he “cannot predict the future, what will happen,” said Szafnauer.
On the other hand, the team boss is clearly certain that Alpine junior Oscar Piastri will be driving in the premier class next season. The only question is where.
Should Alonso lose interest, Piastri would be his logical successor. If the veteran stays with the French factory team, Piastri could be “loaned” to Williams next year, where Nicholas Latifi is known to have little chance of staying.