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Szafnauer discusses contract: "If I was the CEO of McLaren..."

It all happened rather suddenly: Fernando Alonso announced he would leave Alpine. This rolled into one of the biggest F1 driver contract stories in the history of the sport. In the end, Alpine didn't get Oscar Piastri but Pierre Gasly instead. We now know who Alpine were considering and Otmar Szafnauer is confident Alpine have walked away with the better driver in comparison to their rivals McLaren.  Article continues under ad Contract negotiations Netflix's Drive to Survive reminded us that Alpine were considering Daniel Ricciardo, Gasly, and Nico Hulkenberg. It seems they wanted an experianced driver placed alongside Esteban Ocon. It was acknowledged that Ricciardo upset members of the...
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