Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer believes that all things considered, his team has gained from Oscar Piastri's departure from Enstone and Pierre Gasly's arrival, as the latter is a faster than the former. Last summer, Alpine initially reacted to the announcement of Fernando Alonos's shock move to Aston Martin by promoting Piastri to a race seat in F1 with the Enstone squad for 2023. However, unbeknownst to Alpine at the time, the highly rated young Aussie had already signed a contract with McLaren. However, Alpine disputed the covenant in front of the FIA's Contract Recognition Board. But the French outfit ultimately lost out as the CRB declared Piastri's deal with McLaren valid. Alpine...
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