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Formula 1 chief's big 'regret' over Piastri decision - CtrlF.XYZ

Formula 1 chief's big 'regret' over Piastri decision

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Red Bull squad main Christian Horner has revealed the squad passed up the accidental to motion promising youngster Oscar Piastri to its Formula 1 young operator program.

After the 21-year-old Aussie gained attraction for securing back-to-back rubric wins successful Formula 3 and Formula 2, Horner labelled the missed opportunity, "something that I regret".

Speaking connected F1's Beyond the Grid podcast, Horner said it was "difficult" to sermon Piastri's arguable signing with McLaren but agreed had helium been successful Red Bull's strategy - a determination that could person happened - his spot successful the squad would person been tightly secured.

"He drove for Arden (the inferior squad founded by Horner) successful Formula 4 and Formula Renault, and was evidently a important talent," helium said.

"There was an accidental for Red Bull to look astatine him astatine the time, and we didn't instrumentality up that option, which is thing that I regret. But what helium went connected to execute is phenomenal, successful Formula 3 and Formula 2.

"Now if he'd person been a operator here, determination is nary mode that helium wouldn't person been nether fastener and cardinal for a play of time. As I say, I wasn't party, it's hard to justice what was promised oregon reneged connected oregon truthful on.

"But certainly, it was unexpected, astir apt from respective areas."

The Melburnian raced for Arden Motorsport successful the British F4 Championships and Formula Renault Eurocup arsenic a teen earlier joining Renault's operator improvement academy (now Alpine Academy) astatine the commencement of 2020.

According to Horner, the aftereffects of Fernando Alonso's determination to Aston Martin "created the ripple that rolled retired implicit galore seats", including that of Red Bull's sister team, AlphaTauri.

After losing the declaration lawsuit to support Piastri, determination were reports that Alpine intended to container Pierre Gasly, nevertheless AlphaTauri volition lone merchandise the Frenchman from his one-year declaration extension if it has a replacement already lined up, specified arsenic IndyCar operator Colton Herta.

But AlphaTauri's program to person Herta enactment up connected the F1 grid adjacent play is contingent connected the Andretti Autosport operator receiving an exemption from the FIA for an obligatory superlicense which truthful acold has been refused.

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Test and reserve operator Nyck de Vries has besides emerged arsenic a campaigner for the spot aft his palmy points decorativeness in the spot of Alex Albon astatine the Italian Grand Prix.

While Red Bull is not considering immoderate of its existing young drivers for the drive, successful a akin determination to Yuki Tsunoda being elevated successful 2021, Horner feels its programme is inactive successful bully shape.

"We're continuing to put successful youth, we've got immoderate large youngsters successful the program, each the mode from karting and stepping into Formula 4 now, upwards," helium said.

"I deliberation it's thing Red Bull has done truthful well, giving these kids a chance, investing successful young talent, and giving opportunities they different wouldn't person had.

"Isack Hadjar successful Formula 3 this twelvemonth has had a large debut season. I deliberation [Ayumu] Iwasa successful Formula 2 has been a standout operator for me. They're conscionable 2 of the guys connected the program.

"Liam Lawson has had a pugnacious year, but he's again different talent. Dennis Hauger has been a spot underwhelming successful Formula 2 aft specified a ascendant twelvemonth successful Formula 3. But again, however overmuch of that is him and however overmuch of it is the equipment?"

But with 19-year-old rising prima Jack Doohan also departing the Red Bull Junior Team aft 5 years astatine the commencement of 2022, could the UK-based team's emerging endowment beryllium drying up?

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