the last summer Alpine he found himself without the two drivers who could have continued in the team today. Fernando Alonso preferred the Aston Martin project and the young Oscar Piastri, McLaren’s. The French “played” with the two pilots… and did not have any more.
He was Pierre Gasly the one who became a partner Esteban Ocon despite the tension that has existed between the two since they competed in karting. And the first was the only one to score in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Ocon had a real nightmare.
And at Alpine, they celebrated the arrival of Gasly… giving a stick to Piastri. “We learned a lot from what happened. It is very difficult to reconcile loyalty and individual interestsespecially with pilots who are too young”, said Laurent Rossi.
“We saw the pros and cons and learned that we weren’t prepared enough in some areas with the Academy driver contracts,” he said on the Official F1 Podcast.
He says they’re “better” with Gasly: ”It’s all over and we’re better off with Pierre now, so I don’t know why I would want anything more. We learned our lesson.”
“The rest belongs to one person, we wish you the best and. If an opportunity arises to re-sign Oscar in the future, you can never say no, but we’ll see if we get there at some point.”