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First major lay-off at Alpine over Piastri case
Alpine has fired its head of legal affairs as a direct result of the situation with Oscar Piastri last summer. This reports Soymotor.com. In her position, Benedicte Mercer was directly involved in the contracts of drivers within Alpine, which included Piastri. Article continues under ad The soap opera surrounding Piastri started Formula 1's so-called 'silly season' this year. Following the announcement that Sebastian Vettel was retiring and would be replaced at Aston Martin by Fernando Alonso, Alpine did not hesitate for a moment to confirm Piastri as Alonso's replacement. However, Piastri had other ideas about that: he immediately posted on Twitter that he had no plans at all to drive for...
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