{"id":251161,"date":"2022-11-18T03:25:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T04:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=251161"},"modified":"2022-11-18T10:57:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T10:57:35","slug":"head-rolls-over-mismanaged-piastri-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=251161","title":{"rendered":"Head rolls over mismanaged Piastri contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alpine<\/a> has laid off a key legal figure who was largely responsible for the loss of reserve driver Oscar Piastri<\/a> to rival team McLaren earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Associated with Alpine as a junior since 2019, it was presumed that Piastri would be promoted to the grid to replace Fernando Alonso<\/a> at the French team next season.<\/p>\n

However in August, Piastri sensationally rejected the team's announcement<\/a> as Alonso's successor before signing with McLaren<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Unknowingly to Alpine at the time, \ufeffPiastri had already signed a two-year deal to join McLaren from 2023, having never agreed to a potential race drive with Alpine past 2022 after repeated errors in the contract process.<\/p>\n

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According to the Contract Recognition Board's ruling in the Oscar Piastri and McLaren vs Alpine case, numerous drawbacks on the latter's behalf led Piastri to look elsewhere for a race seat.<\/p>\n

As a result of the mismanagement, Alpine has \ufeffsacked its director of legal affairs Benedicte Mercer.<\/p>\n

The Contract Recognition Board found Mercer was ultimately responsible for failing to draw up a contract that would have tied the successful junior to a race seat as part of Alpine's "road map".<\/p>\n

Under the team's 2023-2026 proposal, Piastri would be sent out on loan to Williams for 2023 and potentially 2024. With the prospect of having to wait until 2025 for a race seat, Piastri and his manager Mark Webber believed that a role at McLaren was the best way forward.<\/p>\n

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With changing circumstances, this role soon morphed into a full-time drive alongside Lando Norris as Daniel Ricciardo agreed to an early termination of his contract<\/a> with the Woking-based team.<\/p>\n

All companies based in the UK, including Alpine Racing Limited, must file documents with the government agency Companies House when there is a change in directors.<\/p>\n

In documents filed on November 8, Alpine terminated Mercer's employment, although no further details were provided.<\/p>\n

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