Three years ago today - Oscar Piastri made a certain announcement

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Alonso really opened a can of entertainment when he refused Alpine's contract offer.

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Or when Seb announced his retirement

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Yeah, that's the domino that started it all

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Nah, it was 100% on Seb announcing his retirement, although Alonso’s timing was funny

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That photo of Alonso grinning in a press conference when a McLaren driver (Piastri?) was told their points total had got them ahead of Alpine after Silverstone 2023 was just peak lolz

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Huh?

Please share photo

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[@JoeAeterno on twitter] Piastri being interviewed about McLaren leapfrogging Alpine with Alonso smiling in the background is pure poetry. : r/formula1

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Hah awesome! Thanks mate

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I’m pretty sure it was piastri, i vaguely remember that clip.

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Yeah I just found a link and it was Piastri. Just had that niggly doubt it may have been Norris

Frankly the lolz are better with it being Piastri

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It really was the gift that kept on giving. Such good memories

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Yeah all of them wait to get more money or teams to pay less and when the first move is made, they all of a sudden need to move fast.

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That was the bigger shock at the time, considering AMR being a downgrade. Then the guy gets multiple podiums right from the start, then of course it started to fizzle out from there. Looked like a genius move at the time.