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  • Re: Alonso to Aston Martin in 2023+

    From Vincent Cento@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 1 08:02:16 2022
    I won't believe Piastri to Alpine is done until its announced.

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 1 10:28:50 2022
    Some thoughts:

    This opens up the Alpine seat for Piastri, who otherwise was likely to
    have been loaned out to Williams.

    This is the second race-winner to abandon Alpine for greener pastures - although Aston Martin seems less green than McLaren. Perhaps Alpine has internal issues not so apparent from the outside?

    Stroll Sr. must have decided that "mentoring Stroll Jr." is no longer a priority. Either that, or he's delusional.

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  • From XYXPDQ@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 1 09:35:29 2022
    Alpine/Renault is such a puzzle. They build the power units (hate that term), the car, and should have the money to hire any drivers they want. And yet they preform season after season like a customer team.

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  • From News@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Mon Aug 1 13:21:30 2022
    On 8/1/2022 10:28 AM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    Some thoughts:

    This opens up the Alpine seat for Piastri, who otherwise was likely to
    have been loaned out to Williams.

    This is the second race-winner to abandon Alpine for greener pastures - although Aston Martin seems less green than McLaren.  Perhaps Alpine has internal issues not so apparent from the outside?

    Stroll Sr. must have decided that "mentoring Stroll Jr." is no longer a priority.  Either that, or he's delusional.


    Not clear at all, and possibly.

    Bottom line: He's got dosh, he's spending it, and Alonso is loving it.

    https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a40771650/why-aston-martin-f1-team-chose-fernando-alonso-to-replace-sebastian-vettel/

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 2 16:01:40 2022
    On 2/08/2022 3:59 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:
    On 2/08/2022 3:02 am, Vincent Cento wrote:
    I won't believe Piastri to Alpine is done until its announced.

    I think it most likely that Piastri will go to Alpine and Logan Sargeant will replace Latifi at
    Williams.

    However I could be wrong...

    This is Logan Sargeant's grandfather: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Sargeant_III>
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to Vincent Cento on Tue Aug 2 15:59:49 2022
    On 2/08/2022 3:02 am, Vincent Cento wrote:
    I won't believe Piastri to Alpine is done until its announced.

    I think it most likely that Piastri will go to Alpine and Logan Sargeant will replace Latifi at
    Williams.

    However I could be wrong...
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Vincent Cento on Tue Aug 2 13:35:05 2022
    On 8/1/2022 11:02 AM, Vincent Cento wrote:
    I won't believe Piastri to Alpine is done until its announced.

    It's been announced by Alpine; who emphasice that they have a firm
    contract. There are reports, however, that Piastri's manager (Webber)
    has been negotiating to get him into the McLaren seat (booting
    Ricciardo), so this may not be the final word.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    There's no nondestructive test
    for indestructibility. - Randall Munroe

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Tue Aug 2 15:08:03 2022
    On 8/2/2022 1:35 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 8/1/2022 11:02 AM, Vincent Cento wrote:
    I won't believe Piastri to Alpine is done until its announced.

    It's been announced by Alpine; who emphasice that they have a firm contract.  There are reports, however, that Piastri's manager (Webber)
    has been negotiating to get him into the McLaren seat (booting
    Ricciardo), so this may not be the final word.

    Indeed, Oscar demurs:

    https://twitter.com/OscarPiastri/status/1554527452231262210

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    There's no nondestructive test
    for indestructibility. - Randall Munroe

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  • From Phil Carmody@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Wed Aug 3 00:49:42 2022
    Mark Jackson <mjackson@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
    Some thoughts:

    This opens up the Alpine seat for Piastri, who otherwise was likely to
    have been loaned out to Williams.

    This is the second race-winner to abandon Alpine for greener pastures
    -
    although Aston Martin seems less green than McLaren. Perhaps Alpine
    has internal issues not so apparent from the outside?

    Stroll Sr. must have decided that "mentoring Stroll Jr." is no longer
    a priority. Either that, or he's delusional.

    All I know is that if Fred's leaving the team, it's gonna be an absolute stormer next season.

    Phil
    --
    We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
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  • From Sir Tim@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Tue Aug 2 22:02:28 2022
    Mark Jackson <mjackson@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
    On 8/2/2022 1:35 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 8/1/2022 11:02 AM, Vincent Cento wrote:
    I won't believe Piastri to Alpine is done until its announced.

    It's been announced by Alpine; who emphasice that they have a firm
    contract.  There are reports, however, that Piastri's manager (Webber)
    has been negotiating to get him into the McLaren seat (booting
    Ricciardo), so this may not be the final word.

    Indeed, Oscar demurs:

    https://twitter.com/OscarPiastri/status/1554527452231262210


    Seems a bit strong from a guy who has not even driven an F1 car in a FP1 session. I hope for his sake that he has a signed contract in his pocket.

    --
    Sir Tim

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Wed Aug 3 17:31:47 2022
    On 3/08/2022 5:35 am, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 8/1/2022 11:02 AM, Vincent Cento wrote:
    I won't believe Piastri to Alpine is done until its announced.

    It's been announced by Alpine; who emphasice that they have a firm contract.  There are reports,
    however, that Piastri's manager (Webber) has been negotiating to get him into the McLaren seat
    (booting Ricciardo), so this may not be the final word.

    As someone on Reddit said:

    "Ricciardo thought he got the last laugh replacing Webber for 2014, meanwhile Webber played the
    long game and replaced Ricciardo for 2023."

    Aussie on Aussie action all around.
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

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