Oscar Piastri Will Reportedly Replace Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren

When 2021 Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri denied that he would be joining Alpine F1 after the team seemingly confirmed his spot in the car, the shoe waiting to drop seemed to be the same confirmation of a deal with McLaren that caused Alex Palou to spurn a similar announcement from Chip Ganassi Racing in IndyCar. Now, two separate reports seem to confirm that a move is inevitable.

At the time, the concern for McLaren was that they already had an Australian signed to that seat for 2022. When Palou was signed with some ambiguity about whether or not he could race in Formula 1, Daniel Ricciardo even went as far as to confirm that he was "committed to McLaren until the end of next year." Now, reports from both Motorsport and ESPN F1 suggest the situation has changed.