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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc
Yet another Alpine abandon ship departure . This one heading to Aston Martin .
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They're toast. I hope I'm wrong but I fear they're toast and should focus on their WEC team and making more street cars instead - that, they do well. Now they gotta spend $$$ and time developing a bad car faster than the other teams to catch up, compensate for an engine that is 15 hp down (and frozen I believe), and prep for 2026 regs? Meanwhile people getting fired, people are leaving, and I doubt anyone "in demand" would willfully choose Alpine as a future employer over, say, McLaren or Mercedes or Ferrari. Both Gasly and Ocon (managed by Toto) have applied for the Mercedes drive. Even Lance is laughing now asking Fernando if he's glad he left Alpine ;-) Ironically the car is not "that" bad time wise, faster than last year and just starting development, it's just that they did not improve like the rest and the midfield is super close now. Maybe the Ryan Reynolds of the world finally made a bad investment ? Maybe they'll sell to Andretti ?