Listen to this article Szafnauer contrasted life with Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll, who is closely involved in the decision-making process, with how the former Force India team operated under previous owner Vijay Mallya. Latterly, Martin Whitmarsh was added to the chain of command as Group CEO of Aston Martin Performance Technologies, further diluting Szafnauer’s authority. Szafnauer parted company with the Silverstone outfit at the start of this year, and was quickly recruited as the new team principal of Alpine. “Like a friend of mine told me the Catholic church only has one Pope,” Szafnauer told F1 TV. “And when you have two Popes, it’s just not right. So I think it was time to leave and leave Aston Martin to their one Pope, and I’m going to try to help out Alpine to the best of my ability. “Everybody’s got an owner, and everyone’s got a boss. So that bit of it isn’t difficult. But the owner and boss that I had before didn’t micromanage at all, completely left me to it. “Vijay [Mallya] would come to the …