💬 “If you have such a jewel, it is criminal to let it go' Ralf Schumacher says Alpine only have themselves to blame for their current driver dilemma after Oscar Piastri snubbed the chance to make his F1 debut with the team
Ricciardo could find a landing spot at his former team Alpine, who he raced for in 2019 and 2020 before joining McLaren, with the Enstone-based squad in need of a replacement for the departing Alonso.
"There are many rumours,” said Schumacher. “One thing was clear: Alpine had no interest at the beginning of putting Piastri in the car next year, because you have seen that young drivers need a certain amount of time [until they arrive in Formula 1]. “If you have such a jewel, it is criminal to let it go. If you are not able to design the contracts correctly yourself, then you cannot blame the young man.has a very, very close connection to McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl.”Schumacher reckons the blame for the “embarrassing” fiasco lies with Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer.
“That's the embarrassing thing about the whole thing. Accordingly, he has to blame himself. Oscar didn't do anything wrong.
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