Jean-Philippe Imparato – Frédéric Vasseur: “You have to dream big! »

During the last British Grand Prix, following the announcement of the extension "for several years" of the partnership between the Swiss team and the Italian manufacturer, the two French managers agreed to receive AUTOhebdo for a discussion at broken sticks around an association started in 2018 and which, since then, has never stopped growing in strength.

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Mr Imparato, Alfa Romeo decided to extend its trajectory by F1 because she is fully satisfied with the results or because she is encouraged by the results and wants to take the experience further?

First of all, motorsport being a big family, call me Jean-Philippe! To answer your question, in a previous life, we had to make difficult decisions within the PSA Group regarding the competition which earned us, at the time, a lot of negative comments (alluding to 2012 and the abrupt termination of the program WEC. Ndlr). Si je résume ce que j’ai fait à la tête d’Alfa Romeo depuis six mois, la priorité a été de créer une vision sur dix ans et d’y inclure le plan produit. Pour être très clair et transparent avec vous, j’ai une visibilité sur ce que je fais jusqu’à 2026. Une fois le plan produit validé et financé, nous nous sommes penchés sur le volet « compétition ». Nous nous sommes demandé ce que nous avions devant nous. Un mon