Alpine were left in the dark over shock Fernando Alonso move

Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer said he only heard about the departure of Fernando Alonso when his move to Aston Martin was officially announced. Alonso’s shock move to replace Sebastian Vettel from 2023 on a multi-year deal came on Monday morning, as Formula 1’s summer break got underway. Alonso said last week that his future with Alpine could have been decided in “10 minutes” of talks, but his switch of teams came as a big surprise to the whole Formula 1 community – and not least to Alpine themselves. They had been in talks with Alonso over a new deal…

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