Luca de Meo: “F1 deserves 10 teams working from A to Z on their cars”

Luca De Meo, great fan and fervent defender of F1 in his marketing strategy of reinventing the Losange group including Alpine is part, could not escape the Bolognese move. He gave us a few minutes of his time to explain his vision of sport and automobiles.

Published on 24/04/2022 à 08:30

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Luca de Meo: “F1 deserves 10 teams working from A to Z on their cars”

The general director of the Renault Group, Luca de Meo, discussed the reasons for the progress ofAlpine /DPPI

We know you are a “fan” of Formula 1 and thereforeAlpine who now represents the group Renault in the competition. What is your point of view on the start of the season, performance gains which must be accompanied by small adjustments in reliability in particular?

I think it's a little early to draw conclusions. And I don't have the role of the main team in the story, I want to remain in that of a supporter of the team. I do not have the intellectual arrogance to be able to judge the work of specialists in such a sophisticated and complicated discipline. I look at her half as someone who has a stake in making this work, and a fan of Formula 1 and the team. We scored points at all the Grands Prix (interview carried out before the Sprint race, Saturday April 23. Ndlr), c’est bien. Je sens et je vois, comme vous, que la voiture va vite et a du potentiel. Je pense que l’on s’est recentr