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Alain Prost admits he was ‘very worried’ when Fernando Alonso joined Alpine but he ‘really surprised’ the Formula 1 legend ‘in a good way’ before going to Aston Martin. Renault signed Alonso to race for its newly rebranded Alpine team from 2021 to return to F1 after two years away. But Prost, who served as the team’s executive director from 2015 until 2022, feared the two-time drivers’ champion would break the balance at the Enstone squad. Alonso has carried a reputation across his Formula 1 career for being a political game player within his teams. Especially over the Spaniard’s first stint a…

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