It’s also a tactical miracle, Fernando. Alonso informed everyone except the one who matters most.
Fernando Alonso’s move can be seen as a ‘shock move’. He was negotiating with Alpine to stick with it for another year. At Alpine they took their time with him and it was a tricky situation. In the long run they also wanted to bring in Oscar Piastri. Perhaps they had to store the Australian talent at Williams, to allow him to mature something like that. In short, a situation that requires the necessary caution and discretion.
And what does Alonso do? He packs his bags! Now that is not strange. He is 41 and most likely only got a one-year contract. At Aston Martin (where the Spaniard will go next year) he has signed for two years. Of course you have to say goodbye properly. Did that happen?
Alonso informed everyone
Well no! Alonso announced this in the run-up to the Belgian GP. According to the two-time world champion, it was not just about the duration of the contract, but also the ‘feeling’. And Alonso had a ‘weird’ feeling at Alpine. Fernando feels that they can appreciate his qualities more at Aston Martin. In fact, when Vettel announced his retirement, Aston Martin and Alonso were out in no time.
A conclusion that we can draw from this: probably everything was already ready and it only had to be signed. But when you are ready, should you also inform your current employer? Yes, that in itself is neat. Still, Alpine’s team principal Otmar Szafnauer was very surprised. He knew absolutely nothing about it and the switch came as a surprise.
Except for…
Alonso admits this somewhat cryptically. Alonso informed everyone. Well you, everyone: almost everybody. He has informed Laurent Rossi (CEO Alpine and Alpine F1), Luca de Meo (CEO Renault), the entire team and his mechanics, but team boss Otmar may have been “uninformed”.
We are very curious how the ‘clusterduck’ actually went. While Alpine tried to manage three top riders well, two left in one day. Despite Alpine announcing Piastri as a new driver, Piastri immediately denied it. Now that Ricciardo has been bagged by McLaren, it looks like Piastri will be announced any minute at McLaren.
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Through: The Telegraph
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