Who is Responsible for Piastri AND Alonso LEAVING Alpine?

[@TommoMcCluskey]

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[@QuickStopF1]

NOOOO WAYYYYY!!!! THANK YOU BRO

[@F1Stuff.]

I like ur cap

[@talonobrovacgorgon5994]

I really liked when Laurent Rossi went "It's rossi-in time!" and Rossied all over his drivers contracts

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Rossi clause in your contract

[@8-bit_astronaut]

Truly one of the moments on all time

[@jan.lotvall]

should be PIASCO!

[@GenuineRage]

ROSSI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zaynsadiq5536]

ffs 😭🤣

[@vashishtshaurya]

Alpine off track is what Ferrari is on track at this point really

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Essentially 😅

[@hamza-chaudhry]

Even on track Alpine aren't too far off Ferrari. They also have questionable strategies and poor reliability.

[@qwj68boots]

was thinking the same damned thing! love this sport.

[@saiboddupalli]

Underrated comment

[@beforeafter4369]

well said

[@bonelesswatermelon420]

"They've decided to play both and ended up playing themselves" Deep thoughts with the Tommo

[@TommoMcCluskey]

You played yourself

[@wilseph1]

Someone has to put up that DJ Khaled clip.

[@hamza-chaudhry]

9:21 The ironic thing is that the penalties in those two races stemmed from a slow pit stop in Miami and an engine issue in Canada 11:38 He also seemed very happy after Hungary on the post-race radio, the day before he announced he was leaving the team

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Good point on the first, although he didn't exactly seem gleaming after Hungary IMO. There was definitely shade there.

[@hamza-chaudhry]

@@TommoMcCluskey Yeah my bad, I misremembered. I just went back to it and it was actually how invested he was in teams battle for P4 in the constructors, despite probably knowing then that he was gonna leave them at the end of the year anyway, which was surprising.

[@LouSassol69er]

I always thought Rossi was mostly to blame for the Piastri/Alonso mess. But seeing as Otmar is team principal everybody targets him as blame.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

I think that's fair to say

[@motorsportfanboy7769]

Yeah like Otmar isn’t an innocent party at all but he’s not the one negotiating and making decisions about the driver contracts

[@lthecatt9667]

Corsica used to be part of the kingdom of Genoa before it became French. Many Corsicans have an Italian surname, including the most famous Corsican Napoleon. He was born Napoleon Buonaparte, before changing his last name to Bonaparte.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Interesting!

[@killianweisedesbois]

The Republic of Genoa. It was no kingdom.

[@lthecatt9667]

@@killianweisedesbois you're correct, mistake from me

[@selder_7]

They were half hearted in trying to keep Alonso and with Piastri, and they weren’t ok with that and fairly so. If they had tried as hard with them as they have with Ocon they’d have kept one of them

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Most likely aye

[@glenrobinson10]

Otmar will love this video. Finally takes the limelight of Alpine's failures off of him.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

😬

[@WildPowner]

I never interact in youtube, never really comment or like videos, but I have to say. THANK YOU, for pushing out good content, actual content instead of recicling months old content and putting NEW - FIRED - SIGNED, on titles and thumbnails. You make me want to create similar content to yours thanks to the QUALITY you put in it. Well done, and thank you for putting an effort, and not just making it for views

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Cheers buddy, that's much appreciated!

[@glenniz1]

Must agree with you Mate....Tommo has put himself at the forefront of all F1 Analysts on KZbin. He is the very best in this highly competitive genre of KZbin content!!!

[@vishalk8008]

Davide Brivio is such an animated man. We should actually get some of him at the paddock. Look up a few motogp races from 2020 where Suzuki won the championship and you'll see some golden clips 😂

[@motorsportfanboy7769]

How can we get more of him in the paddock though if his role in the team literally made him to look like he doesn’t exist?

[@joecraddock6542]

Having been here since pretty much the start, (the rokit Williams vid) tommo’s content hasn’t dropped off one bit, every video is honestly 🔥, and every point made is informative and I’ve learnt a lot about f1 since

[@duvalpierre7881]

Fully agree. It's great to see how Tommo's channel has grown. Success well deserved.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Thank you Joe, that's really kind of you man 🙌

[@stke1553]

I’m so early Oscar still has a contract at alpine

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Literally 😅

[@GautamSharma-un3cr]

Tommo is one of the few people who is actually fair towards everyone. His opinions are always well thought out and justified. Another great video Tommo! My favorite channel to watch for F1!

[@TommoMcCluskey]

I'll always speak my mind, but I think I'm a fair man too. Appreciate it!

[@bloodybruce8628]

piastrophe and piastro are the two best words that anyone has used to sum up this situation and i don't think there is any possible argument against tommo being a cerified genius

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Tbf I stole them from Twitter & Aiden Millward 😅

[@ThroatGoatNancy]

I'll 2nd all of that 👍

[@motorsportfanboy7769]

Piasco is better than both tbh 😂

[@connorrheoa]

Thought this was a banger video, It’s really interesting to see some of the less known figures behind the teams and I’d love to see more content focused on stuff like this!

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Cheers Con!

[@bakedbeings]

"How long have we got to sort out Piastri's contract?" "Till yesterday." "Right, let's put.. wait, what!?"

[@TommoMcCluskey]

😅😅😅

[@shaun2072]

I imagine Alain would be feeling fairly justified in quitting at the moment.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Probably laughing into his baguette right now

[@TheChzoronzon]

@T S ur mom is marketing material

[@sivarajasivanesan]

Loved the deeper dive to the wider management team. Would love more deeper dives around other teams including other key roles. Great content wrapped around the story of the moment. Love it

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Thank you Sivaraja, appreciate that pal!

[@kem3542]

This is probably the biggest L a team will take this season. Loosing 2 drivers who are highly regarded amongst teams and fans, one of them potentially to your closest rival. Absolutely mad. Also Piasco is better I'd say than Piastrophe.

[@un_kn0wn427]

@paper plane Lmao you're on some strong copium saying ricciardo is better than Fernando and piastri, season must be hard to watch 🤡

[@un_kn0wn427]

@paper plane dude ricciardo doesnt even compare to alonso, I like ricciardo and I room for him but thats straight up lying to yourself, especially this year, Alonso is miles ahead almost everyone and has just had garbage luck, sure piastri hasnt race in F1 yet, but he's show remarkable skill in F2 and I would rather have him in the sport as Australia's future than Dani.

[@magnustan841]

I really thought Alpine had the most potential of doing well this year going into 2022, but this whole situation has left me scratching my head. I honestly never been so confused for such a long time. I mean, one corporate f*** up when the guy is relatively new, is to be frowned upon, but I’m not gonna howl that he should leave. I need more time to judge him objectively.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

I hope they can put this contract ba behind them. The actual team trajectory is good. This is just embarrassing.

[@magnustan841]

@@TommoMcCluskey Agreed, man. Alpine we’re looking real good, I was surprised when a few people online said they were going to flop this year. Just because the car broke down so much in testing doesn’t prove much.

[@Aldas001]

I'm team #Piasco btw

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Aldastrophe

[@glenniz1]

You truly did your homework on this video, and simply Nailed It TOMMO!!! Everything you brought up for discussion, is exactly what True F1 Fans have been scratching their heads over, for the last two months. You have become the absolute "Go To" F1 Analyst on KZbin......Job Well Done Mate!!!👍🏁

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Mate thank you that's very kind! 🙌

[@themanchestercityfanchanel8595]

Hi Tommo, really enjoyed this and all your videos, I just wanted to ask if there is any possibility of you making a video explaining the difference in the teams leading structure for example at mclaren there is Zak and Andreas where as at red bull there is only Horner? And as well a new ranking of them!

[@1greenMitsi]

Horner and marko

[@legendshdd7499]

If Mclaren can provide a better car next year along with Norris and Piastri driver combo, their future is looking a lot better as opposed to the washed up former top team. Maybe its just me loving Mclaren but I am hopeful.

[@Lastname6955]

I agree, I think that 2024 when they have that wind tunnel McLaren could be a new beast, along with 2 great drivers.

[@fixitmonkey8947]

I really thought at the beginning of the season that it will be a 4 horse race for the constructors with RBR, Ferrari, Merc, and McLaren. Maybe next year.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Perhaps, although Alpine's trajectory is better rn. Plus they're a manufacturer. Gonna be interesting to see which team moves forward over the next few years.

[@nigelkelley3004]

@@TommoMcCluskey I agree. It seems client teams are unable to compete at the front in the modern age. McLaren have a lot of improving to do but they still won’t touch Mercedes.

[@meteor834]

McLaren will probably end up with 3 drivers for 2 cars. They're going to have to pay Ricciardo (Dany is asking for around $20,000,000, that's his contract for 2023), they're going to have to pay Norris, they're definitely going to compensate Alpine for all the money spent training him (several million) And they're going to have to pay Piastri, I don't know Piastri's contract, but a driver of this quality costs around $5,000,000, like Ocon or Gasly. I do not know the financial situation of McLaren, but know that they have already sold assets to pay debts, it will perhaps be difficult. There will be surprises.

[@98MTBiker]

10:35 you say Alpine is the 4th quickest car (and I agree with you) but it's interesting to think that Mclaren would be way ahead if Ricciardo was driving on the level of Norris. Then again Alonso has lost a lot of points due to unreliability. So I agree it's the 4th QUICKEST but is it the 4th BEST car considering reliability is a car factor and not just luck.

[@TheMaplestoryGuide]

Tommo = Goat F1 KZbinr

[@TommoMcCluskey]

🐐

[@ryanwhittle6525]

Only thing that would make summer break even more compelling would be for Piastri to sign with McLaren, McLaren keeping Daniel and then loaning Piastri to Alpine. BOOM.

[@Moray2023]

People have to remember, Otmar is Alpine's Seidli. Not their Zak Brown.

[@Lewythefly]

Yeah, but it doesn't take too much intelligence to realize that they needed to secure their future and contract their drivers. Otmar could have pushed this up the chain to Rossi to ensure he secured the teams future

[@exF3-86]

The best description of this year in one word - especially Alpine, McLaren and Ferrari: Clumsy. The drivers are getting the consequences, but the basic ability to develop and communicate contracts, strategies, rules and design concepts seems to have been put on hold. Heck, Horner and Helmut look like grown ups.

[@shock_n_Aweful]

"sniffing at his seat" lol nice visual

[@abu-omaral-bakr392]

Video starts at 14:17

[@krunx2360]

And the Oscar goes to … Mr. Piastri for making the great move! He definitely deserves the better opportunity.

[@andre_flabie]

and seeiously, Pierre was too quick to give his signature to Alpha Tauri. If only he waited for a few months till this summee

[@qwj68boots]

Brilliant, T! This the Tommo we know & love and sing about around the camp fire! Those Prost facts shut alpine down like a three legged clown. 😆😂🤣

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Cheers Quinn!

[@Gryllssy]

Another banger video! You explain things so well! Im a recent comer to your channel and I love it! Keep up this amazing journalism!!

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Thank you Jake!

[@PazuChill]

Corsica was my favorite track in V-Rally.

[@qwj68boots]

This is the pinnacle of all silly seasons, thus far! It's quite interesting that both Ferrari & Alpine this season were really showing a graceful stride and due to infrastructure worthy of dilapidated amateurs, they've assassinated their reputations as well as team esprit de corps. Not sure which outfit gets the Booboo the Fool award yet...

[@meteor834]

McLaren maybe, they're competing for that award too.

[@ryanjohnson4895]

@@meteor834 they were at the start of the season but have got themselves out of the mud for now

[@adamcollingburn430]

Gardening leave can be for a long time - one of my family got paid for 3 years of gardening leave a long time ago

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Bloody hell what a touch!

[@Nihilas]

Love your vids. How about one where you compare Alonso and Ocon races so far? Who is better on saturday/sunday. Ocon got more points than Alonso but you still regard Alonso higher.

[@MrEo89]

Giving Prost so much credit isn’t the best use of the material. Renault/Alpine under Prosts “consulting” didn’t go anywhere; therefore, it’s best to go in a different direction, one where an old timer( who isn’t nearly as good a manager as he was a driver (Prost racing anyone?) ) isn’t a part of the process.

[@mcihl3625]

Someone finally making sense. Reading the entire comment section is a pain.

[@xerontokyo]

Fun Fact: Laurent Rossi's birthplace Corsica is home for World Rally Championship round in France the Tour de Corse.

[@tatsumiogahulkbooster8287]

that Speculative conjucture line is hella good lol

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Iconic

[@F1Stuff.]

Hey tommo i have been at the Hungarian Grand Prix and something that really impressed me was that 90% of people had a team cap. Some of them are really stylish like the Aston Martin one and I thought, would you like to rank them in a tier list ??❤️

[@RobletoYT]

10:36 the way you pronounced car. Been hanging out with too many Americans 😆

[@frenzybar7936]

Nothing worse when a bean counter wants all the lights!

[@rjfaber1991]

Rossi's name does indeed sound Italian, and that's because Corsica only became part of France in the 18th century, when they bought it from the Republic of Genoa. That meant that France had basically bought a piece of territory that was culturally Italian, and it shows in the last names of many people from the island. Even the most famous Corsican in history, Napoleon Bonaparte, was called Napoleone Buonaparte at birth, and Frenchified his name later in life.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

I'm learning so much haha! Cheers Rob!

[@KimiButNoDrink]

So you're telling me he's secretly a Ferrari strategist?

[@karl-benediktbecker901]

0:48 Labeling someone from corsica as french instead of corsican can get you in big trouble, as far as i know

[@TommoMcCluskey]

But, his nationality is French...? 😅

[@karl-benediktbecker901]

@@TommoMcCluskey Yes, but they have a very strong regional identity. Like the catalans in spain, for example. If you go there and say "Huh, that´s a nice piece of spain right here", people aren´t too happy either 😅

[@McPhilen]

Tommo: "Laurent Rossi" Oh well I guess that answers that then, see you next video!

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Ez

[@MaxxItOutHD]

I believe Brivio isn’t a Race Director anymore. Was not given the authority he was promised and got repositioned I think. Still at Alpine but involved elsewhere, maybe the DA

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Still listed as Race Director on their website... for now anyway!

[@MaxxItOutHD]

@@TommoMcCluskey interesting!… Definitely deserves a big role. Instrumental in Vale’s success in MotoGP and then built the Suzuki from the ground up, unlike Capito who gets a lot of undeserved credit

[@aniruddhakabbya622]

this PHIASCO is entertaining in the summer break

[@sudanc3951]

Quality Tommo👌 But I honey have a bad feeling about Piastri. I don't think his happy ending gonna work for him🤷

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Pressure is on now!

[@ju1cyjon3s31]

We are slowly building the dream ream, we have the strategists and now the driver contact manager

[@rupertmiller4718]

Really enjoyed this analysis, so much more enjoyable than most of the puff and regurgitation on other channels. Its quite common for new CEO's to clean house once they have got their feet under the desk so to speak. To get their own people in, who share their vision. So there is a theme here; Prost was known in his time as a driver for being difficult, (what multiple world champion isn't?) and political. Cyril wasn't everyone's cup of tea. Fernando also not an easy driver to manage even if he is still capable of sublime performance. This is a team and a business and first of all it has to run smoothly - no room for Ferrari politics - clearing out those not on the same page or who cause friction is probably sound management. Losing Piastri wasn't deliberate and may be seen as a blunder but it might actually turn out to be a blessing in disguise. I think he has come out of this looking sneaky and tricky and none too loyal and might be more trouble than he is worth down the line. This could work out with Zak Brown getting the headache and having to deal with Mark Webber, Alpine getting Daniel back with McLaren effectively paying part of his salary. Daniel by all accounts isn't tricky, went well in the Renault and is good with sponsors. Rossi and Szafnauer might yet come out of this smelling of roses.

[@UnintendedConsequences]

While I agree with the first point that it is increasingly common for a new C-Suite hire to “clean house” to bring in known quantities, esp those loyal to the vision, principles or, more often, cult of personality - having been in the corporate world for a few minutes - my observation is, this nearly always ends… well… badly. Most often, as in this instance, the prevailing view seems to be “introducing fresh ideas” and “thinking outside the box” when facing long-stagnant growth, or critical, unmanaged external threats - but often, as in this instance, at what would seem the very obvious trade-off of having no prior knowledge or experience in and with a specialized, niche and very technical process… which is why I suppose it’s obvious to me, anyhow, as I work in a somewhat similar industry (by those metrics, anyway). Any gains in revolutionary thinking or approach are lost in the fundamental problem of lack of historical context and the value of the experience of previous failure… as nearly every major success in any engineering or technical work is largely based on working through what doesn’t, or cannot work, what might work, but inefficiently, etc. - there’s an enormous amount of trial and error at the outset of any new technology or even on the bleeding edge of progressive gains in mature technologies… the point being, by washing the slate clean, new, innovative approaches can be taken, yes - but the experience of previous gains is also lost in the process. Even when a large number of previous members remain, many will be afraid to be critical of the new regime, as obviously there’s impetus to change the old way of thinking - so get on the bus, or get off… and that includes cautionary warnings about the “new hotness” that might look good on paper, but… you know the rest. I frankly cannot recall a single situation that I am personally familiar with wherein this approach has been employed that it did not end in the ultimate failure of the endeavor, whether the company, one of its silos, or departments - the “bull-in-a-china-shop” appraisal might “show who’s boss” up front, and seem decisive and fearless - but after decades of high-level industry management - my experience is that great leadership requires both a willingness to explore the unknown, and the temerity to make the current situation effective and efficient in the present, flexible enough to implement changes, and multiple avenues of development in both materials and human resources… and by observation, though with admittedly rather limited data - Rossi’s approach is doomed to failure, no matter who drives the car. And, FWIW - same can be said of the illustrious Mister Brown. He might be bold and brash - but, in the end - when one’s go-to move is slash-and-burn - in the end, there’s nothing remaining but rubble and ashes… always. Cheers - and astute observations generally. I rather appreciate those who look a bit deeper than, “Go Max / Lewis / Ric / Whomever!!” and “Everyone else SUCKS!” 😎

[@-TheUnkownUser]

Ocon and Gasly in the same team is going to be hell. Oh wait. It already is. Your point just sucks…

[@Jean.P.Cartier]

Corsica used to be a part of Republic of Genova until they became their own country prior to Napoleon birth so Napoleon was born as a Frenchmen in Corsica

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Knowledge!

[@lesbehan]

Both great options but I prefer Piasco. We’ll played Tommo

[@dont_at_dylan1658]

I’m too drunk for all these facts. Great video, Tommo

[@abu-omaral-bakr392]

Gasly would be the best sign

[@davidmaltais8609]

Welcome to F1 Laurent

[@chazzerbox131]

Tbf they have a good car for sure right behind the Merc and in a few early races this season they were even better definitely a risky move from fernando to hope over to AM but they do have a lot of investment could be one good team jump he makes I hope he chose right

[@martinavery3979]

One thing that really surprised me is that Alpine F1 only exists to sell Alpine cars. The goings on between the team & its drivers over the last 2 years aren't going to inspire trust between customers & carmaker

[@EclipsaMyrtenaster]

Just for clarification, Corsica was part of the Republic of Genoa which is Italian. Corsica decided to be independent, Genoa decided it wasn't worth sorting out so they just sold Corsica to France. Also, Corsica is where Napoleon was born so there's a somewhat fun fact

[@rebjimj.e.4119]

The most spectacular Fuckup in a decade.

[@thekingjackoz4542]

Babe wake up, tommo posted a new video

[@thomasscheepens5570]

Your videos are so calming. Thank you for that.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Haha! Cheers Tommy!

[@noellemly]

piasco is a banger description

[@raheem201231]

Napoleon was born there too. Fun Fact: Napoleon Bonaparte change his name from Napoleone Buonaparte to Napoleon Bonaparte to be more French.

[@mawile3037]

I like piasco lmao insta classic titling for this summer break, piasco summer rather than silly season 2022

[@SilverScarletSpider]

6:51 if you don’t know anything about the guy or the given topic, and it is impossible for you to know; then it is okay to say “i don’t know -and i can’t know.” and leave it at that. You don’t have to then waffle on about assuming and “giving benefits of doubts” because there are just somethings that we as fans and pundits don’t have access to the information and resources on. He could be arse for all we know; but we can’t know, so say nothing. Constructive Criticism.

[@trollz4568]

Last time I was this early Daniel Riccardo was tearing it up at Renault

[@samuelwatt2]

I think ricciardo to Haas if Schumacher doesn’t bring results in for 2nd half of season

[@awesomefacematt]

I hope people realise the severity of this Oscar stuff. It's like how everyone knows that George is the future of Merc but instead imagine that he was going to take Lewis' seat instead of Valtteri's. Now imagine instead of Lewis racing at Merc until he retires, he leaves for a team like Alpine or Mclaren and then George also goes from Williams to Red Bull or Ferrari, the direct competitors. NUTS

[@swampthing94]

How do you decide which Ts you drop? I am genuinely interestded as a non-native English speaker. For example you said Mo'o GP but then directly after that you said fifty. Great vid as always, keep it up man!

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Honestly, there's no conscious decision. 😅 Sometimes I say Twi'ta, other times I overly emphasise the T's and say TWIT-TER 🤷‍♂️

[@macca409]

@@TommoMcCluskey T bias

[@swampthing94]

@@TommoMcCluskey Thanks for the reply, made my day :D

[@neosonixyz]

Aston Martin is to blame for accelerating Vettel's retirement, which caused Alonso to move to Aston Martin, which caused Alpine to hastily announce Piastri which caused Piastri to deny the announcement

[@ramonolalla1]

no credit to rossi, prost alonso and piastri out? great great management!

[@Wouter-van-der-Molen]

As they had a seat essentially fixed at Williams I wouldn't blame them for thinking they are safe with Piastri. And I am still not convinced that this big ego move will not blow up in his face

[@thetruebatman4632]

It definitely reads that Alpine is about as fun to work for as Apple in China x_x

[@ArielGonzalez1]

A good name for oscar's situation would be 'Piasco'

[@apophisstr6719]

Ferrari: “We’re on the way for absolute greatness.” Alpine: “Hi.”

[@TheCircuitWizard]

Definitely a Piasco mate

[@Wizzkidwas]

I honestly think the root of all this is Ocon's long term contract He was given it very early and it was given for quite a good number of years too and that has lead them to be out of options, imagine an Alonso/Piastri line up, that's gold #Piasco

[@zegzbrutal]

Ocon is French, preferential treatment

[@Wizzkidwas]

@@zegzbrutal 100% I feel that's the only reason he's got so long of a contract

[@itechmaroc1]

Even if Ocon didn't have a long contract he performing at a very high level and they would havr resigned him in a heartbeat, this whole "Ocon's long contract is the issue" thing is just a stupid suggestion from people that don't know much about F1 including this youtuber who's saying "i thnink Fernando has been quicker" how can you say such stupidity about the sport with the most data in the world, just shows his lack of research wich i take as stupidity

[@zegzbrutal]

@@itechmaroc1 Ocon is no where in the high performance drivers group. He is in best of the Rest. This year's Miami and Hungary where Ocon defend Alonso like a lion while letting others go pass him easily is horrendous. Ocon needs to focus on more getting points with Alonso, not blocking him. If you just look at stats and points. You are no different to the Ferrari pit wall.

[@itechmaroc1]

@@zegzbrutal Alonso and Ocon have similar speed according to all qualifying and pace lap times records so if you say Alonso is way ahead you are either base, a hypocrite or both. It's his right to defend whoever hae wants especially his teammate why should he be Alonso's dog like Massa/Trulli/Piquet amd others and just roll the red carpet ?? Plus in Hungary the Mercedes and Mclaren of Norris were faster anyway and the team screwed ocon with a slow stop of 4,8 Secs. And stop saying shit out of your ass what defending has to do with performance ? Akonso fans are a stupid treat

[@bonvct]

Thanks tommo.....alpine is something else. They are down bad lol

[@asterismolyvas8403]

online program at HBS!? that says it all…

[@bonevgm]

He needs to fire whoever is in charge of driver contracts.

[@lykou1821]

Bring back Cyril

[@holayeyo]

hello tommo

[@Specterising]

Off topic: is it just me or Tommo looks like a young Aaron Ramsey?

[@lewiscooper4579]

I’d like to think the hat was to colour match alpine 😂

[@mntbayandaimran]

Rossi himself saying he doesn't want an advisor like Alain. Wow very wrong of him

[@conseated3616]

What would aa 4 time world champion know , especially one nicknamed The Professor.

[@shashwatkasturey3520]

Master of Science in Fluidics Master of Science in Combustion Engineering Master of Business Admin Interning Engineering at Renault. Think Renault/Alpine can trust this guys to at least get technical development right.

[@victorr.khammoungkhoun6380]

Wish you did MotoGP content

[@studiomoris4542]

Rossi is in charge of the budget and cost reduction, this is the main raison why he remove Prost and Marcin from the team. Having Otmar feet perfectly with the budget management vision. At the opposite you have Zak who is ruining McL

[@NN010]

HOW DO YOU OUTCLOWN FERRARI?! HOW?!

[@andresbastanchuri3666]

Didnt he also hire Pat Fry. Thats a big signing right?

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Fry has been at the team since 2020 as far as I know, but he has been promoted since Rossi joined.

[@ahmedmaher1976]

Yo I love ur vids and ur vibe

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Cheers Ahmed!

[@AndreaAirlines]

How about Piastravaganza?

[@sebastiandierks7919]

Although the whole situation is completely crazy and it is tempting to try and find someone to blame at Alpine, in my (probably unpopular) opinion, it is more a chain of logical but unfortunate events than neglect on Alpine's side that put them in this situation. Vettel retiring was logical, Alonso going to Aston was logical even if it at first looks like a downgrade (at least if you may otherwise only have 1 year left and don't care about your grid position unless you win/fight for the championship), Aston wanting Alonso makes sense within their/Lawrence's reasoning, Alpine thinking Alonso would stay was logical, Alonso literally told Otmar he wouldn't be talking to other teams and it was mere formality to sign with Alpine the day before he signed with Aston, Alpine trying to bring Oscar into F1 via Williams for one year was logical so he could learn first, Oscar looking for other possibilites was logical... So in my opinion, the one big question is if Alpine thought Oscar was contractually obliged to drive for them in case Alonso didn't sign. If they wrongly thought that, that's the one but huge neglect and mistake they made. But that information isn't public yet, and until it is, I'm willing to say it's more unfortunate than that someone at Alpine was to blame. It may also turn out that Alpine is right and Oscar has to drive for them, in which case Oscar (or his management) made the huge mistake of tweeting he would definitely not drive for Alpine next year. So in summary, it will be probably either Alpine's or Oscar's fault, once their contractual situation is dissolved, maybe mixed with a slight blame on Alonso, who wasn't honest with his current team. Which of course he doesn't have to be, it would just have been nice of him, and he also just reacted to the quickly developing possibilities regarding Vettel's retirement.

[@ramonolalla1]

i dont believe what otmar said about alo, why does everyone believe otmar?

[@killerbean2]

Let's be honest. Laurent Rossi created a mgmt vacuum around him. Some tasks were not properly tackled and results we see. That being said he is not directly resp for contract mgmt. I'd love to see though what was Alpine's opening talks with Alonso.

[@96wtfomg]

The island of Corsica has Italian roots so of course many people there have Italian names

[@TommoMcCluskey]

Makes sense

[@96wtfomg]

@@TommoMcCluskey it is definetely an interesting place. Napoleon was also from there

[@rjandern]

Nice

[@rjandern]

:(

[@renatatostada3318]

Eery time someone mentions that Alonso is only a 2 time world champion, I have to remind myself that he didn't win in 2012