Carlos Tavares arrives from Renault

Carlos Tavares and Renault, It's over. The diamond brand has just indicated this Thursday, August 29 that the general manager responsible for operations of the French company is leaving his position with immediate effect.

Very recently, the man who until yesterday was Renault's number 2, had openly displayed the highest ambitions. “Anyone who is passionate about the automotive industry also agrees that there comes a time when the appetite and energy for a number 1 position arises”, he declared duringan interview at Bloomberg, raising the possibility of joining the United States and a company like General Motors, or even Ford.

Carlos Tavares also contributed to the revival of the sports brand Alpine, of which a series model should see the light of day in 2015, and which also returned to competition this year by participating in the latest 24 Hours of Le Mans and the championship ELMS 2013, still in progress, thanks to an association with Philippe Sinault's Signatech team. It is difficult, for the moment, to measure whether his departure will have consequences for this program. But Carlos Ghosn, the president of Renault, is less passionate about motorsport than the man who is now his former right-hand man?