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McLaren is believed to have signed Piastri initially on a reserve driver deal for 2023, one that it intends to upgrade to a race seat

I've not read the motorsport.com piece on this yet, but that sounds highly dodgy to me. If you were Piastri why would you refuse a race seat with Alpine for a reserve driver seat with McLaren? What if DR ends up staying for 2023, poor old Oscar gets another year on the sidelines.

McLaren must be pretty confident they can buy Dan out I guess?

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I've now read said article -> https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclar...3/10349014

Reads like unsubstantiated speculation to me. Author references no sources whatsoever. 

Also, why the f*ck do these websites not employ proof-readers before publishing? They'd never get away with missing words and poor grammar in the written media.