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Alpine boss reveals when they will decide if they should fire Alonso for Piastri

Fernando Alonso's season hasn't started the way the Spaniard would've wanted, after scoring just two points from the opening five rounds despite having shown impressive pace. The 40-year-old's season has been ridiculed by reliability issues, however, at the recent Miami Grand Prix he was to blame for not finishing in the points. The Alpine F1 Team driver initially crossed the line in eighth, but after the race though he was dropped to eleventh after accumulating two separate five-second time penalties. The first was for an overambitious move on Pierre Gasly, which damaged the AlphaTauri driver's car, whilst the second was for gaining an advantage off-circuit. Alpine team principal Otmar...
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