Christian Horner has revealed Red Bull missed the chance to sign Oscar Piastri to its F1 young driver programme. 'We didn’t take up that option, which is something that I regret.'
Piastri rose through the junior ranks as part of Alpine’s academy, but the team was found not to have a valid contract in place with him for an F1 drive in 2023.
During the latest episode of F1’s Beyond the Grid podcast, Horner said it was “difficult” for him to comment on Piastri’s situation, but that contracts would have been watertight had he been under Red Bull’s wing - something there was a chance for a few years ago before he moved up to Formula 3.
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