F1 guide – Alpine must resume its ascent

It took this break at base camp mid-last season to close the ranks, to kick out the leaders who were Laurent at the time. Red, CEO ofAlpine who supervised the stable of F1, Otmar Szafnauer, general director of the structure, Pat Fry, technical director and Alan Permane, sports director. For the great ills, the great remedies to restore oxygen to a team then on the verge of apoplexy. Too much arrogance, too much inaction, too much hesitation, too much internal tension and not enough results for the Group's big boss Renault who took matters into his own hands. Luca de Meo dismissed everyone, and handed over the keys to the shop to the Motorsport vice-president ofAlpine, the French Bruno Famin with solid experience. An appointment provoked by circumstances and which was thought to be provisional while awaiting the promotion of a main “media” team, such as for example the former head of the Team Ferrari, Mattia Binotto, a cited moment.

Arrived to restore order to enstone, in Viry-Châtillon and also in the relationship between the two entities, the task promised to be arduous for