Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer has accused Oscar Piastri of missing integrity and stated he is gone again on his phrase by making an attempt to race for McLaren.

Piastri is in the midst of a authorized dispute between McLaren and Alpine, with each groups set to go to the FIA’s contract recognition board subsequent week to see which ones has the legitimate deal for 2023.

McLaren hopes Piastri will exchange the outgoing Daniel Ricciardo however Alpine introduced in the course of the summer time break he would exchange Fernando Alonso, one thing Piastri denied in a now-infamous Twitter assertion.

Piastri is an Alpine academy member and the French producer has laid on an in depth testing programme at nice expense to organize him for F1.

Szafnauer made his emotions on the Piastri state of affairs clear forward of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

“My want for Oscar was he had a bit extra integrity,” Szafnauer instructed Sky Sports activities on Friday.

“He signed a little bit of paper as nicely again in November and we have performed all the pieces on our finish of the cut price to organize him for Method One and his finish of the cut price was to both drive for us or sit down the place we might place him for the subsequent three years.

“I simply want Oscar would have remembered what he signed in November, what he signed as much as.”

Most in F1 assume McLaren’s contract with Piastri shall be upheld for subsequent yr.

Assuming that’s the case, Ricciardo seems to be a first-rate candidate for Alpine, the group he raced for in 2019 and 2020 when it was referred to as Renault.

Though Alpine will await Piastri’s future to be settled earlier than beginning negotiations elsewhere, Szafnauer hinted at his curiosity within the eight-time race winner.

“The group converse very extremely of Daniel and his time right here. We have not had these strategic discussions but however everyone that I ask, the engineering group, they actually converse extremely of his talent as a driver and a group motivator.”