Paul Di Resta finds this week's driver moves, or in Oscar Piastri's case non-move, baffling as Fernando Alonso's swap to Aston Martin came out of the blue and Piastri rejected a drive with a top four team. Sebastian Vettel's decision last week to call time on his Formula 1 career set the sport's silly season into high gear. While it was thought at Aston Martin would need some time to consider their options, it took less than five days for the team to sign Alonso from Alpine, the latter only learning of his exit when the Aston Martin announcement came out. Alpine, though, already had the perfect replacement in mind the team announcing Piastri's promotion on Tuesday afternoon. Hours later he...
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