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So how many lawsuits about driver poaching against MacLaren this month ? Indy and F1 ?

I'm torn about this Piastri/Alpine silly season special. I confess to like Alpine as a brand (love their old A110 car, their new one, and their underdog team status). I do think they stupidly favored an uneven but luckier Ocon over Alonso too much and got burned. So OK for Fernando, his mistake, he's famous for making poor transfer decisions...

But Piastri ? Not exactly Ayrton Senna yet, they invested so much $$$ in running the kid a lot on track and in the sim, they do have a valid contract and so does MacLaren per the recognition board, so this could get stupid ugly. I may be old fashioned but I believe in Karma... I think it was a bad move for a young unproven driver to snub the team that helped him like that, I think they will not forget and the kid will regret it. The lawsuits can last a bit, and all this... not to drive for Redbull, no, to drive for a team who has not proven to be any better than Alpine for a few years now... Trading a C+ car for a C- one. There's no telling they'll be better next year. If i were him I'd have stayed put, beaten Ocon, and looked mighty good for the future. I think Mark Weber screwed the pooch on this transaction.. Alonso too - probably, but that's par for the course with him.