Think they’ll be ahead before the summer break?

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    If Piastri ends the season above Gasly, which is suddenly an exciting and real possibility, I think we can let him win this one? At the time it was happening it was a more obvious decision also. Last year’s McLaren was much better than this year’s (so far)

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      Even if McLaren wasn’t that good last year, going to McLaren was still a better choice when it comes to leadership and management. Alpine/Renault has been in management turmoil for a long while now.

      Apparently they left him in the dark concerning his future contract with Alpine which according to the rumors clearly stated that they would get him seat either at Alpine or another team before a certain date. They let the deadline lapse and stayed silent and then they unilaterally decided to publicly announce his Alpine seat. He had every reason to leave even if McLaren sucked that season.

      Plus how they handled dropping Sainz and Hulkenberg it’s not a surprise that also Alonso was eager to leave.

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        Remember also that when Piastri signed his McLaren deal the Alpine seat was never on the table. The choice wasn’t between McLaren and Alpine, it was between McLaren and “maybe a loan to Williams for a year or two while we evaluate Alonso idk”.

        This in addition to all of Alpine/Renaults terrible mismanagement. It was an easy choice for him.

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      Yeah that’s fair, end of session will be a good place to view it as a whole. There are always gambles like Ricciardo that don’t pay off. Would have loved to see him at Renault for longer.