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Originally Posted by Richard Casto

3. People at Alpine did know he was leaving prior to the Aston Martin announcement regarding Alonso. How much sooner is undefined.

from that link:

Alonso admitted that Szafnauer "probably didn't know anything" but said he did tell everyone who had been involved in talks that he was leaving prior to the announcement.

"I informed [Alpine CEO] Laurent Rossi, president Luca de Meo, my mechanics and my engineers before any announcement," Alonso said.


if true, the lack of communication within Alpine and/or communication between Otmar and the rest of Alpine is shockingly bad!