If Alpine keeps on finishing near the back of the field, I think we’ll might be getting AlpineWatch.

T - Don't E - Force A - Someone into a contract that they didn't sign

Cyril Abiteboul straight up resigned when Laurent Rossi was put in charge of the Renault/Alpine F1 Team. Cyril knew what was coming. Otmars arrival as team principal may have bought them a couple of years of relative success, but it all was binned after he got fired

Keep in mind that Alpine is technically a factory team as well, so finishing anything below P5 is already pretty shocking. The only thing going for them is they don't have any customer teams to be further humiliated by, though the jury's still out on whether that's a good thing or bad (if nobody is using your powertrains, what does that say about them)

What if... Alpine sold to Andretti? I mean, they're going to need to rebuild from the ground up anyway...

I got the tea reference, never thought that would come up anywhere lol

For a team named after some big high peaks, they seem to mistaken the orientation of those peaks and went for the valleys instead.

As a french fan, I'll say there's nothing more french than Alpine's recent history. Big talk and grand ambitions, followed by a glimmer of hope that this might happen (I celebrated that Ocon win like it was July 2018) only for it to evaporate in a catastrophic but nonetheless flamboyant fashion. Compound that with our national penchant for bad faith and managerial ineptitude and you've got a vertical slice of french society. And yet I wouldn't have it any other way. Because boy, does it feel good when we get to be insufferable cunts and rub it in everybody's face. Even though our adversity is more often than not self inflicted.

This video is how I found out Otmar is American. 😅

As a somewhat new fan to F1, I find the whole Lotus/Renault/Alpine saga fascinating.

RIP HAAS watch, welcome Alpine watch.

Alpine will never be fixed as long as Renault keep sticking their oar in. Red Bull, Merc, McLaren and Ferrari have all set the model for success, an F1 team run by F1 people, with only rare input from the parent company on major issues. If Renault truly wants to fix alpine, they need to cut the chord

One of your finest videos to date! Had me howling with laughter. I had to pause it twice. 😂😂😂

Given Renault's history of coming and going, I fully expect them to sell the team to Andretti and then come back in a few years when Haas decides he's had enough of F1.

On the plus side Ocon and Gasly might finally become frenemies through mutual suffering

It still fascinates me how self-destructive F1 Teams can be at times 😂

At least Alpine & Andrett bothi start with an "A", it'll be easier changing the signage

History shows that Ocon is basically a jerk who can't get along with anyone.

That tea video is GOATed in helping people understand consent

Honestly I know it wasn’t limited to but Marcin Budkowski should’ve stayed as the way he managed the team was honestly on par with how James Vowels been doing a great job. Ocon and Alonso were working well together, the team had aspirations and direction but once Laurent Rossi started to add influence to the team more so than it started to go downhill

I personally thought Andretti would have to buy their way onto the grid via Haas or Sauber (if Audi backed out of course), but now it's looking like they'll be doing this by purchasing Alpine's spot. Longshot prediction, but at the same time I really don't see Alpine and Renault surviving this insanity. They've failed too many times and burned too many bridges in the past 15 years.

Dont worry, now they will have the 1001 races plan!

"Tried to turn his teammate into a surface to air missile... which probably would've gone unnoticed over there." Nearly spat my spaghetti out 😂

Fun fact, having a mostly carbon fiber paint scheme does not make you faster!

"Attempting to turn his teammate into a surface-to-air missile midway through the race... Which probably would have gone unnoticed over there" caught me well off guard. What a time that was, watching a race where there was a non-zero chance the track could've been blown up at any moment

Thank you for the tea reference. I once had a safeguarding workshop where they started with this video. Still one that is quoted to this day by my friends and me.

That instrumental, the video in generell, has a really nice feeling to it. Great work will

Absolutely love your sense of humour, great video as per

My dad supports Alpine cause Renault is his favourite car brand. I feel really bad for him

You can see how committed Renault is to F1, a works team in sponsor pink!

hahahahah your videos are quite entertainingly funny bro .... cracked me up with all your subtle nuances cheers mate

I disagree about the problems starting in 2020 and would argue that the problem started day 1 when Renault bought the team back from Genii Capital and installed Cyril Abiteboul as team boss for 2016, this being the man that had presided over the collapse of Caterham and then seen Renault's turbo engine go from being a distant second best in 2014 to a distant, and wildly unreliable, 3rd best in 2015. There's a reason he earned the nickname Squirrel Irritable for the rather ridiculous way he'd lash out over valid criticism of the Renault engine. In the end though the real problem is Renault themselves, someone there thought hiring Cyril was a good idea, and that replacing him with Rossi was a good idea. I have never thought they would achieve much and on current evidence they never will.

The Alpine ship is sinking and everyone is getting out while they still can. Great video Will.

NO WAY MY BIRTHDAY IS ALSO ON THE 14TH OF MAY THIS IS SO COOL

After a long day, this is what I need thanks mate

Cyril knew what would happen. Prost also saw kt coming and was fired for trying to give the tram a much needed critic view. Alpine/Renault have no one but themselves to blame for this.

So much for 5 year plan, good shit with the uploads , forgot you existed for a while

the missile joke secured the like😂

I knew something was wrong with Renault/Alpine when Ricciardo left for McLaren. It was not just Ricciardo leaving, it were all the circumstances (manufacturer/customer, teammate; I predicted it would threaten either Ricciardo‘s or Norris‘ career.).

Almost forgot about the tea video brings back memories from high school

This is so beautifully put lol

Get Gunther in before Red Bull poach him to replace horner.

I have now Googled "Tea" in my own time. Wouldn't you know it, Oscar Piastri's off-track shenanigans are both entertaining then AND educational now!

the tea reference made everything better

Nailed it!

WILL WE HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY!!

I don’t think this was El plan 😂

As a fan of Alpine, i agree with most of it. What has been done in these recent years management-wise is beyond sad. But: Ocon and Gasly are not enemies! They‘ve known each other since they were kids, they‘re both from the Normandy. They have been fighting as little kids. As Grown-Ups they are still not best friends. But also not enemies. This video exposes them as that, which is just not true. Though Alonso and Ocon definitely weren‘t going along well. All of it doesnt mean the downfall of Alpine and them selling to Andretti like some people claim. Bruno Famin is actually someone who gives us Alpine fans alot of hope. Listening to him makes us believe he has a clear idea of how to turn around things. I believe these recent personnel changes were especially his decision. Not Renaults. Renault has less influence on Alpine than it used to have. These coming weeks will decide how good the car really is - according to Famin the development wasnt finished, although Matt Harman said something else (proves that something was going on behind closed doors). Will we be the Mc Laren of 2024 ? I highly doubt that, since we have a weaker engine. But i have a good feeling about being back in the Top 10 later this year. So this season atleast wont be a total disaster imo.

The red Alpine on the thumbnail looked so cool ngl they should run red

their 2021 livery was 🔥

I actually did understand that tea reference, so you can up that number to 6.

Laurent Rossi was the x-factor.

But Andretti/Cadillac would not be a "competitive participant" . . .

This will be good

Bet Cyril is laughing

FP1Will doing 98% of the work be like:

0:54 rumors are going around that Logan shot the steering wheel like there’s no tomorrow

I always saw that team as a Career killer since they had the ugly renault livery... I think 2009 or so. But 2012 onward as Lotus-Renault was where they really enforced their nonsense. 2012 Kimi drove the wheels off the shitbox finishing 3rd behind Alonso and Vettel, while Grosjean crashed it trying to match Kimi's pace. 2013 Kimi and Grosjean actually did deliver respectable results for the car they had. 2014 they had a total shitbox and Pastor Maldonardo on top of it. 2015 they actually ran as Lotus-Mercedes with the Mercedes engine... in a shitbox. 2016 Renault bought back the team from Genii (to which they had sold it)... and once again, produced a shitbox piloted by Palmer and K-Mag. 2017 Hülkenberg drove full season and Palmer was dropped late in the season for Sainz... and once again, it was a shitbox. K-Mag left Renault for Haas, despite having a offer from Renault. 2018 Hülkenberg did his best in the shitbox and carlos had a fairly respectable rookie season in said shitbox. 2019 Carlos left for McLaren and they got Danny Ric who drove the wheels off the unreliable shitbox. As you see, even before Danny, there was a huge tendency for drivers to switch teams ASAP, even when they were nominally weaker. Oh I totally forgot... even before that, in 2011, Heidfeld was quite livid after the car burst into flames for the 2nd time this season in Hungary. I also think it was the last time I saw a F1 car bursting into flames like that, unlike Ferrari's more recent gentle smoldering.

That surface to air missile joke.

TEA video reference! If you're wondering that video is still used nowadays and its still as hilarious as its always been.

Its very sad to see Alpine/Renault like this, even more when you think of the 2 championschips they won in 2005 and 2006 and what good Team it is.

6:08 I wasn’t aware that Ocon and Gasly’s relationship had gotten… any worse… in 2023.

2:41 you mean round 2 of 2022

I am happy for your success. Your content puts a smile on my face as soon as I see it. Thanks man. I got better money on Hulkenburg than Ricardo

When do the board have enough and pull the plug, I wonder?

Alpine in 2023 went completely under the radar, at least for me

Been saying it for YEARS on r/f1 that renault do not put enough $$ into alpine and where about to pull out b4 alpine was pitched as a marketing tool. So yeah andretti needs to buy enstone as they have good ppl, or did, they just like Gene Haas refuse to invest correctly for a possible billion dollar valuation. Its profit if u put few 100mill in

Honestly genuinely forgot about that 2021 Hungary win lol

I thought the tea video was just my school lol

Andretti is probably talking with then 😂

So Ocon just has beef with everyone 😅

I got that reference

At this point Renault should sell it all - lock stock and barrel, to Michael Andretti and Cadillac.

Alpine watch incoming!

"Vanity is definitely my favorite sin." - John Milton

Otmar looks like he had one roll to many.

Renault should just sell up to Andretti

Wow, I'm one of the five that understood the "Tea and Consent" reference...

😂😂😂 tea and consent is a hilarious video.

I absolutely love your unashamed simping of Ricciardo. Go hard my dude

The alpine situation reminds me a lot of jaguar in the early 2000s. A works team with a constant merry go round of personal in leadership roles creating a lack of stability in the team. Also with the lack of investment from parent company Renault to upgrade the facilities at enstone it’s no real surprise that alpine have fallen back both from car performance and high quality personnel. There’s only 2 real options for Renault. 1: invest more if you have any ambition of being at least a respectable works team. 2: sell up and get out if you have no am I for improvement.

Alpine remind me of Ford in the 90’s, trying to do F1 on the cheap. It didn’t work then and it won’t work now.

I’m saying it now, we’re going to see an Alpine Watch segment, are we?

As of now haas is p6 in the construtors btw

@4:18 isn't Piastry a Kiwi?

I hear Andretti wants a team.....

06:02 that's nationalism not patriotism, which are two different things

At their car reveal show everyone was more interested in their Hypercar rather than the F1, so...yeah.

12 months ago i never would have thought that alpine would be a lot worse than haas of all teams

absolute slander and I'm here for it XD

I really miss the old cars

I will still support my team. :)

You know Otmar is like "HAH! F'ing idiots"

Getting rid of permane probably helped the team atmosphere given his love of telling drivers to kill themselves as a method of motivation.

Crazy this man said Ocon got a podium in 2023 but didn’t say anything about Galsy P3 in Zandvoort

Here in 14 seconds! Not bad at all

I understand now why Oscar left Alpine

Their biggest mistake was to let go Cyril and Alain Prost. Since then the team lost their ambition.

"Alonso's return" dude was gone for like 2 years 😅

God that 2021 Alpine was *sexy*