Laurent Rossi, Alpine's CEO, was absolutely clear about it recently: his team needed to perform better, and preferably soon. With a ninth (Pierre Gasly) and tenth place (Esteban Ocon) during the second free practice, there was little sign of huge progress in Monaco yet. Team boss Otmar Szafnauer is thus under pressure, although he himself wants to know little about it. Article continues under ad Like everyone else, Szafnauer had to read in the media how critical Rossi was of his Alpine. Szafnauer's name was not explicitly mentioned by the CEO, but everyone realises that the American, as chief executive, is the first to get into trouble if performance continues to disappoint. Szafnauer...
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