Alex it did sound like alpine were trying to be too clever for their own good. Alonso’s perfect little thumbs up on the day Piastri corrected the Alpine announcement was very telling.
I know they both come off looking like they lack a bit of integrity, but I do think there’s a sense that Alpine were stringing Piastri along to knock Alonso into a more uncomfortable bargaining position.
I I was either of them I’d have thought about doing something similar. Although the way they did it was so perfect it feels almost as if they were both in on the joke.
Alpine must be a scrambling now. I’m going to continue my “most crap Nostradamus ever” record and suggest Danny Ric to Alpine now. His old boss is no longer there. I don’t think there’ll be an issue.