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      Explains why he left a bit early on Sunday, didn’t want to have to answer any more tricky questions.

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        Absolutely. Didn’t agree with it, knew he didn’t have a long tenure left. Fuck it, just leave.

        Wonder where Ollie ends up

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          Rumour has it that RBR is interested in him as a replacement for Horner. But that’s a long shot for now. If RBR misses out on both titles this season…heads will probably roll. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Horner get sacked then.

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      I still don’t understand how he even managed to get back into F1 after being banned for life.

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        The usual answer is that the FIA hadn’t prosecuted him correctly, so Flavio appealed in a French court and won. I didn’t study that in details myself though.

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          And someone decided it was a good idea to hire him

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            Alpine is a shitshow because of its management team. If you listen to Otmar talking about his time there it explains a lot.

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    At the end of the day he got more races in F1 than most at his level of talent. It sucks for him but F1 is a ruthless business and there are simply too few seats and too many drivers available. No team will have patience for mediocrity.