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The FIA has broken its silence over the Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo driver debacle at McLaren and Alpine.
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem claimed the FIA would solve the issue through their own means instead of teams having to go to court.
Horrible:FIA break silence on Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri mess as statement was…
He posted: “The FIA’s Driver Contract Recognition Board (CRB) was set up to deal with contract priority issues between drivers and F1 teams.
That’s why we rely on their decision to resolve any conflict.”
The group is made up of independent lawyers and aims to settle issues within a few days.
The body was set up after Michael Schumacher signed for Benetton despite having agreed to discuss a contract with Jordan for the 1991 season.
The FIA’s statement comes after Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer said there was a 90 per cent chance the team will go to the High Court over the dram.
Alpine posted that they had promoted Piastri days after Fernando Alonso announced his switch to Aston Martin for next season.
However, Piastri took to social media to publicly reject that he had signed a deal with the French manufacturer.
It is understood he has since signed a deal with McLaren while Daniel Ricciardo has already been told of the team’s decision to let him go.
However, Alpine intends to fight the decision to keep the former F2 champion after investing heavily in his career.
Szafnauer said he was aware of F1s CRB but warned the drama may need to be settled in court anyway.
He suggests Piastri could simply sit out his contract at Alpine and refuse to drive for the team.
In this situation, Alpine said it would look for payouts to reimburse the costs they have invested into the Australian’s career.
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Szafanuer explained: “Going to the High Court is over 90 per cent certain that’s what we’ll do.
“If the CRB says ‘your licence is only valid at Alpine’, and then he says ‘that’s great but I’m never driving for them, I’ll just sit out a year’, then you’ve got to go to the High Court for compensation.
We haven’t sat down with the accountants to figure out everything we’ve spent. We will have to do that if we go to the High Court.”
Horrible:FIA break silence on Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri mess as statement was…
The FIA has broken its silence over the Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo driver debacle at McLaren and Alpine.
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem claimed the FIA would solve the issue through their own means instead of teams having to go to court.
Horrible:FIA break silence on Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri mess as statement was…
He posted: “The FIA’s Driver Contract Recognition Board (CRB) was set up to deal with contract priority issues between drivers and F1 teams.
That’s why we rely on their decision to resolve any conflict.”
The group is made up of independent lawyers and aims to settle issues within a few days.
The body was set up after Michael Schumacher signed for Benetton despite having agreed to discuss a contract with Jordan for the 1991 season.
The FIA’s statement comes after Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer said there was a 90 per cent chance the team will go to the High Court over the dram.
Alpine posted that they had promoted Piastri days after Fernando Alonso announced his switch to Aston Martin for next season.
However, Piastri took to social media to publicly reject that he had signed a deal with the French manufacturer.
It is understood he has since signed a deal with McLaren while Daniel Ricciardo has already been told of the team’s decision to let him go.
However, Alpine intends to fight the decision to keep the former F2 champion after investing heavily in his career.
Szafnauer said he was aware of F1s CRB but warned the drama may need to be settled in court anyway.
He suggests Piastri could simply sit out his contract at Alpine and refuse to drive for the team.
In this situation, Alpine said it would look for payouts to reimburse the costs they have invested into the Australian’s career.
READ MORE:What McLaren may pay to sack Daniel Ricciardo as …
Szafanuer explained: “Going to the High Court is over 90 per cent certain that’s what we’ll do.
“If the CRB says ‘your licence is only valid at Alpine’, and then he says ‘that’s great but I’m never driving for them, I’ll just sit out a year’, then you’ve got to go to the High Court for compensation.
We haven’t sat down with the accountants to figure out everything we’ve spent. We will have to do that if we go to the High Court.”
