Listen to this article The Australian has found himself without a race seat this season off the back of three consecutive titles in Formula Renault, Formula 3 and Formula 2. Winning the F2 title in his rookie season effectively left him with nowhere to go this year, with the Alpine seats filled by Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso. That prompted the team to instead put Piastri in its test and reserve driver role. However, Rossi is adamant that the year on the sidelines won’t hamper Piastri’s rapid development, with the team effectively re-designing the role for their star young gun. That includes Piastri taking part in every test and simulator session without sharing with other drivers, as well as playing an active role in briefings on race weekends. “It’s going to be an extensive testing programme, a lot of test days, a lot of kilometres, a lot of simulator,” said Rossi when asked by Motorsport.com about the unique version of the role. “Usually we don’t have the same drivers doing all of the test days or the simulator, only because it helps having different points of view. But we feel that Oscar can probably bring more than less seasoned drivers on the simulator, first of all. And will get more out of an extensive programme on track and off track in …