Alex Albon and Oscar Piastri ‘front runners’ to replace Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin
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Sebastian Vettel is going to say goodbye to F1 at the end of the 2022 season and the rumors regarding the second seat at Aston Martin have already started picking up pace.
As per the recent speculation, it is believed that Alex Albon and Oscar Piastri are currently leading the race to land the Aston Martin seat for 2023 alongside Lance Stroll.
Alex Albon has done well for Williams this season whereas Oscar Piastri is currently doing his duties as the reserve driver for the Alpine Formula One team. Moreover, the former F2 Champion is rated very high up and down the paddock.
The only thing that is not going for the young driver is the fact that Esteban Ocon has a deal in place with Alpine till 2024 whereas Fernando Alonso is also looking set to extend his deal with the team.
The Aston Martin seat for 2023 is wide open at the moment and Karun Chandok and Jonny Herbert have had their say as to who can replace Vettel at the Lawrence Stroll-owned team.
Chandok while talking about the situation said, “Honestly I would go with either Alex Albon, I think you know he has got good experience now of the current generation of an F1 car, he’s doing a very good job at Williams and he’d be somebody who could step into a role of working to build Aston Martin alongside Lance.“
“But you could also go for someone outside the current paddock. Nyck de Vries, Oscar Piastri you know are the two names that have been on the list.”
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Jonny Herbert has backed Oscar Piastri to get the seat at Aston Martin
While Karun Chandok prefers Albon, former motorsports racing driver Jonny Herbert has put his money on the highly rated Oscar Piastri.
Herbert while backing Piastri said, “I‘d go for Oscar I think, someone who’s gone into F2 and he’s gone bang, and it’s always important from a drivers’ perspective where there’s a bit of a wow factor and that’s exactly what he’s done coming through. So I think Oscar for me would be my choice but I do like Alex as well.“
Oscar Piastri has won the F3 and F2 Championship in consecutive seasons and Herbert believes the 21-year-old is fully ready to showcase his arsenal of skills in Formula one.
Piastri has a stupendous CV whereas Albon has got the experience of driving in Formula One, if you are put in the shoes of Lawrence Stroll, who are you going for?
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