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Bruno Famin will move away from his role as Alpine Team Principal, the team have announced.
The Frenchman had been confirmed as the Enstone-based outfit’s Team Principal before the start of the current F1 season, following an interim period in charge after the departure of previous team boss Otmar Szafnauer at last year’s Belgian Grand Prix.
Now, at this year’s Belgian Grand Prix weekend, it has been announced that Famin will move away from his role by the end of August and will be in charge of all other Motorsport activities of the Renault Group at Viry-Chatillon.
Alpine also said in a statement that “a new Team Principal will be announced in due course.”
The news comes after several changes at Alpine across recent months, with the squad undergoing a technical restructure that saw Technical Director Matt Harman and head of Aerodynamics Dirk de Beer leave earlier in the year.
David Sanchez was then appointed as Executive Technical Director in May, having previously worked for the outfit earlier in his career. He was later joined by Michael Broadhurst and Vin Dhanani as Chief Aerodynamicist and Head of Vehicle Performance respectively.
In June, Flavio Briatore became Executive Advisor at Alpine, with the remit of his role being to “predominantly focus on top level areas of the team”, it was stated at the time.
This would include “scouting top talents and providing insights on the driver market, challenging the existing project by assessing the current structure and advising on some strategic matters within the sport”.
On the driver front, changes are ahead for 2025, with Esteban Ocon’s impending departure at the end of the season confirmed in June. While Pierre Gasly has signed a multi-year extension to remain with the squad, his identity of his team mate has not yet been revealed.
Asked to give an overview behind his exit as Team Principal, Famin explained: “The background is there are many things together. The main one is we are at a very interesting moment for the Alpine brand, where we have a project that is even stronger than one year ago.
“Then there is a project of reallocating the resources within the brand from the Formula 1 power unit, where we have equally skilled people, to the brand itself in developing these high-end technologies.
“On the other hand, we have our new Executive Advisor [Briatore] who has arrived a few weeks ago – I work well [with him], I’m fine with him, I work well since he has arrived.
“But I think he has seen things with his own eyes, and on one hand I need to dedicate my time to the Viry-Chatillon people, who are doing an amazing job, and we need to be together to be able to deliver this transformation if it’s confirmed, and on the other hand I think the global governance of the F1 team will be clear.”
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