10 million euros it cost Alpine make amends for his grotesque mistake with Fernando Alonso Y Oscar Piastri. First, they lost the double world champion of Formula 1 by “look at your passport” trusting that the Australian would wait for his moment, but he was smarter and closed his signing for McLaren before I even got the call from Enstone.
In this situation, the gala team launched for Pierre Gasleythat He has never shown off having a good relationship with Esteban Ocon.
Now, with a French partner in a French team, since Alpine They assure that in the end they have managed to have a better pair of pilots than they would have had with Piastri.
“I am happy, since our line-up of drivers with Esteban –Ocon– and Pierre –Gasly– it’s better than what we would have had if we had won the case –Piastri–”, has indicated otmar szafnauerhead of the team, in statements to ‘Motorsport.com’
The Romanian assures that Gasly is “more experienced, but still young. And time will tell, but I think faster“.
At the same time, Szafnauer avoids talking about Fernando Alonso since it is a topic “hard” and hides asking that ask him about the Asturian in a year to see how its first season unfolds in Aston Martina team that has given him the confidence he lacked in Alpine.
“We’ve had a great driver line-up this year. Fernando has done a fabulous job and he’s still very fast. I don’t know when he’ll decide it’s time to go“, has settled the head of the French team.
In the end, time will put everyone in their place. To have a double world champion and be able to replace him with a champion of formula 3 Y formula 2, Alpine has ended up staying with Pierre Gasleywho left through the back door of Red Bull a few years ago and this campaign has completed a very discreet season with AlphaTauri. Of course, for Szafnauer it is the “best” thing that could have happened.