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Alpine F1 chief 'missing in action' after 'messing up' over Alonso and Piastri
F1 reporter Ted Kravitiz has hit out at Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi following the team’s bungled handling of McLaren-bound Oscar Piastri.The driver market saga of the summer kicked off when Fernando Alonso announced he would be joining Aston Martin at the end of the season after failing to agree a new deal with Alpine.The Renault-backed team seemed to have a readymade replacement in Piastri, their talented reserve driver. Alpine announced Piastri would replace Alonso, only for the Australian to declare via Twitter that he would be racing elsewhere in 2023. READ MORE: Mark Webber breaks silence over Oscar Piastri saga involving McLaren and Alpine Piastri had already signed with McLaren by that point and had informed Alpine of his plan to leave the Enstone-based squad.
