F1 2024 - Round 6 - Miami, Florida, USA

recyclebin

Alpine fan? I can't think of any other logical reason to hate Piastri.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102768#Comment_122102768

Because of the way he came into F1. He betrayed Alpine.

muckwarrior

Tell us, who's the biggest prick. Piastri for betraying Alpine, or Liam Lawson for modifying his road car?

flazio

Please don't.

Ghost Train

Would Piastri move to McLaren be similar to Schumacher not sticking with Jordan after he got given a chance... I guess Piastri was with Alpine a long time. Wouldn't have any issues myself with Piastri.

Lando has shown this year that he's a step above his teammate, the extra experience is showing, a few races where Landos showing he can pull away when given the chance, although maybe strategy has been a factor too. A bit of luck for Lando in Miami but wouldn't have felt as good if Piastri had managed it.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122104113#Comment_122104113

What's the Liam Lawson story?

PsychoPete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122105039#Comment_122105039

He has a modified A90 Supra

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122104113#Comment_122104113

Piastri of Course.

Charlie-Bravo

I think people are missing the point. It was all Mark Webber's doing. And terribly handled. Piastri deserves a break on that one.

gryfothegreat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122105820#Comment_122105820

It wasn't Webber's doing, it was Alpine's inability to offer Piastri and Webber an actual legally binding signed contract that guaranteed him a future seat or even a reserve driver role. They wanted to stick him in a Williams for 2023 and keep Alonso and Ocon, and then send Alonso off to WEC in 2024 and replace him with Piastri, so they kept stringing him along while trying to negotiate with Alonso. Alonso was understandably not impressed with them only offering him 1 year so signed with AM, by which point Webber had got sick of waiting for Alpine to actually sign something and went to McLaren. If Alpine were a competent organisation they would have retained Piastri instead of losing him in a legal bodgejob, but also they shouldn't have been in that situation in the first place - it was absolute madness to sign a three year deal with a midfield driver like Ocon and then give a double champion a single year contract. Webber did the right thing by prioritising his client's career and neither he nor Piastri should shoulder any blame.

Charlie-Bravo

Oh ok then. Not professional using social media in that way. Anyway, the Miami race was great.