The Twitterverse literally exploded yesterday after Oscar Piastri came out to TURN DOWN his supposed new F1 contract with Alpine for 2023! F1 Twitter lives for moments like this!
Whilst we’ve got to feel a bit sorry for the Alpine PR team, who have had a hell of a 48 hours, but we did get some golden tweets out of it!
F1 TEAMS
All of F1 twt rn: pic.twitter.com/py40WnYyOd
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) August 2, 2022
— Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN (@alfaromeoorlen) August 2, 2022
Us too 👀 pic.twitter.com/hEUwD8BwUB
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) August 2, 2022
EX-F1 DRIVERS
🍿🍿🍿
— Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) August 2, 2022
Well well well 😜 #F1 #SillySillySeason https://t.co/CJcffglRFZ
— Marcus Ericsson (@Ericsson_Marcus) August 2, 2022
OTHER DRIVERS
There’s also a very similar situation going on in IndyCar at the moment, with Alex Palou also having two teams fight over him for 2023 saying they have a contract – one of which being McLaren!
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— Pato O'Ward (@PatricioOWard) August 2, 2022
Xoxo https://t.co/MWCQTIwxZw pic.twitter.com/hQe95Vrq2u
— Callum Ilott (@callum_ilott) August 2, 2022
I had to double check it’s not 1st of April 😳
— Felix Rosenqvist (@FRosenqvist) August 2, 2022
The next free #F1 or #Indycar seat goes to whoever has watched a minimum of 19 seasons of Law & Order. #LawsuitSeason
— Conor Daly (@ConorDaly22) August 2, 2022
Happy holidays everyone 😃
— Théo Pourchaire (@TPourchaire) August 2, 2022
@AlpineF1Team hi 👀
— Richard Verschoor (@R_Verschoor1) August 2, 2022
F1 FANS
me scrolling through twitter watching all the Alpine/Piastri drama unfold pic.twitter.com/X2UdXBE4tD
— nic 🏁 (@nnicolef1) August 2, 2022
Trying to keep up on F1 Twitter tonight like: pic.twitter.com/N4HK3qzyBK
— Joe Newman (@joenewmans) August 2, 2022
oscar piastri was an until he
alpine driver wasn’t pic.twitter.com/3LwwczfAGe— tina 🐝 (@leclericc) August 2, 2022
Someone's team name at a Pub quiz in London…#Piastri #Alpine #F1 pic.twitter.com/woxkb7eoVv
— JM Mclaren (@JM_Mclaren) August 2, 2022
Fernando said: pic.twitter.com/EaW1T0MgRz
— F1 Reaction Pictures (@FormulaReaction) August 2, 2022
Oscar on the phone to Alpine rn pic.twitter.com/EwJDVo6LIp
— breals 🏁 (@sophieebrearley) August 2, 2022
oscar introducing every team that wants him as a driver next year pic.twitter.com/aZpOlA6rMt
— did oscar piastri get a seat today (@oscarpiastri81) August 2, 2022
congratulations for your f1 seats, oscar pic.twitter.com/6pvyeZx4si
— emi 🏒 (@maraneIlo) August 2, 2022
RANDOM BRAND ACCOUNTS
👀 | Welcome Oscar Piastri…
Piastri joins the Peacocks from Alpine F1. #PiastriAnnounced🤞#UpThePeacocks pic.twitter.com/HZenU391sj
— Taunton Town FC (@TauntonTownFC) August 2, 2022
Okay so who needs to call us in the morning
— Specsavers (@Specsavers) August 2, 2022
Alpine 🤝 Ryanair
Random Seat Allocation https://t.co/pZyTawN33E— Ryanair (@Ryanair) August 2, 2022
PADDOCK PERSONALITIES
When @OscarPiastri won the F2 title last year I was a bit frustrated he didn't have a drive so shouted on the commentary "F1 sign him up" I didn't mean *every* team.
— Alex Jacques (@AlexJacquesF1) August 2, 2022
Silly season is officially here!
