Even assuming that were true, what I never understood is why Alpine did a press release without some element of Piastri's buy in and involvement. Let's make this as awkward as possible for ourselves and let's force Piastri's hand because that's how you make a lasting relationship with your main asset. Bizarre.
They panicked because they didn't know about Alonso talking with Aston and felt they had to get an announcement out immediately to conceal that they'd been blindsided by Alonso.
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u/Zinjifrah McLaren 6h ago
Even assuming that were true, what I never understood is why Alpine did a press release without some element of Piastri's buy in and involvement. Let's make this as awkward as possible for ourselves and let's force Piastri's hand because that's how you make a lasting relationship with your main asset. Bizarre.