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Szafnauer: Aston Martin asked me to stay
Otmar Szafnauer, Alpine's team principal, said that his former Aston Martin team asked him to stay but he opted not to. Szafnauer is a long-time Formula 1 insider, who previously worked with Honda before moving to the Vijay Mallya-owned Force India team that was bought out of administration by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll in 2018. That team was rebranded as Aston Martin last year, after a stint as Racing Point, with Szafnauer as principal but the hiring of former McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh last year as his overall boss prompted a rethink. 'Although they asked me to stay, I didn´t think it was appropriate for somebody to come in and do 95% of your job and (I) do 5%,' he said. 'I...
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