... because Stoffel was tit back then and Nando currently is notTo be fair, Lando also spoke to other teams while in the McLaren academy (mainly RB for the TR seat). However im pretty sure McLaren had a clause on his contract that he had to be signed to the F1 team by a certain date otherwise he was free to go. The difference being McLaren did sign Lando by that date, it seems Alpine didnt manage to do that with Oscar