Chaz was going to replace fabs in 2020. You have to remember now my source has been proven to be 100% correct. In hindsight I now believe he was telling me chaz was likely to go to WAU simply because he made a point of saying both of those drivers were gone.
The mistake people made was thinking Tickford would not want to play ball and keep chaz an extra 12 months to help him get to Penske if that situation were real.
I don't believe they were and probably still aren't committed on Scotts USA move which means the talk was all about replacing Fabs. The sticking points made 2021 redundant.
You have to think about it in really simple terms. Technically Chaz is out of contract if the performance clause gets waived. He is having a discussion about next year and its occurring with DJRTP.
It now turns out there were a lot of people working hard to make that happen. Sure when that fell over someone might have said come back in 12 months but realistically that was never going to happen. Tickford would have allowed Chaz to stay on his performance clauses then move to DJRTP in 2021 but in reality that year was never discussed. For 1 Scotts plans were not evolved to allow such a commitment to be made and if you look at it from Chaz's perspective you are wanting to get on with life now not later.
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