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so you would take Piastri and Sargent over a Fernando Alonso? you have to be kidding me. the only guarantee that alpine has with putting Piastri into the alpine next year is that they will be saving money on a salary. which they will most likely lose in endorsements, not having a driver like alonso in the team. history is full of promising young drivers that couldnt cut it in f1, and there are very few drivers at the age of 41 that are still a known commodity, and can win championships. preparing for the future where drivers are concerned is overrated. you think Alpine will be doing horrible damage to their future team if they dont sign Piastri right away, when Alpine should be doing everything they can right now to give Alonso a car that can compete with ferrari and redbull. future Alpine is for the future. i want to see them doing something now, and putting anybody other than Alonso in that seat is just rolling dice.JordanMugen wrote: ↑24 Jul 2022, 08:26I like Alonso in Alpine, he is doing a good job, but Alpine have to find a place for Piastri if^ they want to keep Piastri (and, of course, the Williams place is most likely for Sargaent, which is only logical for Williams, so is not an option for Alpine). After all Alonso himself debuted as a young driver, not as a 25-year-old... Just as 2003 for Enstone was all about what is best for Alonso, 2023 for Enstone is all about what is best for Piastri, no?
It was bad enough that Alonso had to spend 2002 as reserve driver like Piastri is in 2022... Now it is implied that apparently Alonso, just like Piastri, should have spent 2003 & 2004 as reserve driver as well while a safe veteran like say Alesi drove the Renault?
If Alonso would not have been better prepared for 2005 by three seasons as reserve driver, how can Piastri be better prepared for 2025 by doing three seasons as reserve driver?!
^If, on the other hand, Alpine would prefer to drop Piastri as Piastri's talents in 2023 are inferior to Alonso's talents in 2003 that is totally fine, and they are more than welcome to do so.
I don't think that at all, Alpine are welcome to release Piastri to go join the Red Bull or Ferrari junior programs. I think it doesn't make sense for Alpine to keep Piastri as reserve driver for not just one but anywhere up to five seasons, assuming Alonso wants another two-year extension after this two-year extension.
There's lot of examples of that:
Was Renault rolling the dice by putting inexperienced Alonso in instead of a veteran like Jean Alesi?
Perfect example Hamilton as he learned from Alonso in 2007Bisonas wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 17:32Alonso sounded really frustrated at the end of Q3 when his engineer told him he is 6th behind Norris and Ocon. His response was "Unbelievable". I am pretty sure he is more frustrated that Ocon ended up in frond of him than Norris getting in front of him. I am expecting some very very interesting first laps tomorrow. He knows if he is behind Ocon after the first laps things are gonna get tough. Truth to be told though, Ocon through all qualifying sessions was getting suggestions of things to try from his mechanic following what Alonso was doing. I know this is, normal and its happening all the time, and Ocon is very good trying new things in order to go faster and faster, i just wanted to point out, that Ocon is a very very lucky driver driving along side Alonso atm. Alonso is making him a better driver for the future. Kudos to Ocon for having the ability to learn things, adapt and up his speed as the weekend progresses. Racing and racecraft though, is another thing . It takes much more time to master. In this track though track position can be more important than racecraft if the differences in performance are minimal.
Ocon may be lucking some speed compared to Alonso this year, but we have to acknowledge that he is truly trying his best to go faster and faster.
He was fighting the car a bit more, at some corners. That's it. The margins are minimal.selvam_e2002 wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 17:36So alonso did not make any mistakes. Because his q2 time is faster than Q3
