{"id":160548,"date":"2025-06-05T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160548\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:29:08","slug":"alpines-quest-to-find-a-new-f1-team-boss-continues-as-flavio-briatore-offers-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/160548\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpine’s quest to find a new F1 team boss continues as Flavio Briatore offers update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flavio Briatore has said Alpine is still looking for its next F1 team principal, following the resignation of Oli Oakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oakes resigned from his position as team boss after the Miami Grand Prix, with Alpine now on the lookout for another team boss as a result.<\/p>\n

Flavio Briatore feels \u2018sorry\u2019 for Oli Oakes<\/p>\n

Oakes had taken over as Alpine F1 team boss, succeeding Bruno Famin, after last year\u2019s Belgian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

But Oakes handed in his resignation after this year\u2019s Miami GP, citing personal reasons, after speculation had suggested he and Renault executive advisor Flavio Briatore had disagreed on the direction to take with drivers as Jack Doohan was swapped out for Franco Colapinto at the same time.<\/p>\n

But both sides denied a disagreement or a fall-out, and Oakes was in the headlines again a few days later following the arrest of his brother William near the Hitech GP headquarters at Silverstone \u2013 for whom both Oakes brothers are company directors.<\/p>\n

Briatore, crucially, is not the team boss of Alpine<\/a> \u2013 his role is that of an advisor to Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo and has no desire to change the nature of his role. Alpine took part in the European triple-header with Dave Greenwood as its officially appointed person to represent the team for administrative purposes \u2013 Greenwood being the team\u2019s racing director.<\/p>\n

This arrangement is understood to be remaining in place for the foreseeable future until a new team principal is found \u2013 although when that might be isn\u2019t yet confirmed.<\/p>\n

Alpine is actively looking for a new boss and, while Briatore continues to carry out Oakes\u2019 duties, he said he is eager to ensure no \u201cmistakes\u201d are made when it comes to hiring another team boss.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking. For the moment, nothing changed,\u201d Briatore told media, including PlanetF1.com, over the Spanish Grand Prix weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel sorry for Oli, honestly, because I had a very good relationship with him. He was a good team principal. Everybody knows for personal reasons he stopped and resigned from Alpine. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking. We don\u2019t want to make any mistakes. I\u2019m prepared to take some time. But the moment we decide what is the new team manager, put in this way, we\u2019ll tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officially rebranded to Alpine from Renault after 2020, seeking a new team boss is a very familiar territory for the Enstone-based squad.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the team was overseen by Marcin Budkowski and Davide Brivio in a two-pronged leadership approach under CEO Laurent Rossi, after the departure of Cyril Abiteboul from the team principal role.<\/p>\n

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Otmar Szafnauer, formerly Force India and Aston Martin team boss, took over the position in 2022 but was replaced in the middle of \u201923 as he and long-time sporting director Alan Permane left Enstone.<\/p>\n

Szafnauer was replaced by Famin, who himself moved aside for Oakes a year later as Famin was reassigned to oversee the transformation project of Renault\u2019s former F1 engine factory at Viry-Chatillion.<\/p>\n

Given the turmoil, it\u2019s perhaps no surprise that Briatore acknowledged the challenge of finding the right person to succeed Oakes, and hinted there has been plenty of interest in the role.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we\u2019re looking for somebody, you know, there\u2019s a lot of people it is possible to be doing this kind of job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019re looking for somebody good, somebody who understands, somebody who wants to be part of the team. I know a few people who want to be part of this new trip with Alpine. We decide quick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just who Alpine might turn to isn\u2019t yet clear. Greenwood, currently ticking the box for administrative purposes, would represent a strong internal promotion, but there hasn\u2019t been any indication from Alpine that he could be a longer-term proposition, given that it\u2019s Briatore carrying out Oakes\u2019 old duties.<\/p>\n

Recently departed F1 team bosses include Guenther Steiner \u2013 a veteran of almost 10 years with Haas \u2013 but he has turned to the world of media and broadcasting since leaving Haas.<\/p>\n

Szafnauer, who was openly critical of Alpine\u2019s handling of its approach to F1, is unlikely to return, while former Sauber CEO and, previously, McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl is currently without an F1 appointment.<\/p>\n

Read Next: Kamui Kobayashi makes surprise return to F1 cockpit with Haas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flavio Briatore has said Alpine is still looking for its next F1 team principal, following the resignation of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[4289,4199,42188,707,4200,225,12,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-160548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-alpine","9":"tag-f1","10":"tag-flavio-briatore","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114631472800055979","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}