Oliver Oakes resigned as head of Alpine F1
Oliver Oakes has left the post of Alpine team leader, and team advisor Flavio Briatore will take over his duties from today.
"The BWT Alpine Formula One Team announces that Oliver Oakes has resigned as team principal.
The team accepted his resignation with immediate effect. As of today, Flavio Briatore will continue to serve as Executive Advisor and will perform the duties previously performed by Oliver Oakes.
The team would like to thank Oliver for his work since he joined last summer and for his contribution to winning sixth place in the 2024 Constructors' Championship.
The team will not be making any further comments," the official statement said.
In fact, the youngest team leader in today's Formula 1 has been replaced by the oldest. If Oakes was only 37, then Briatore is now 75.
According to rumors, which the team does not comment on, the decision is related to the upcoming reshuffle of the drivers and the replacement of Jack Duane with Franco Colapinto. Last weekend in Miami, the Oaks denied such a substitution.
In recent years, Cyril Abiteboul, Marcin Budkowski, Laurent Rossi, Otmar Safnauer, Bruno Famin and now Oliver Oakes have been dismissed from Enstone as team principal.
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Oliver Oakes resigned as head of Alpine F1
Oliver Oakes has left the post of Alpine team leader, and team advisor Flavio Briatore will take over his duties.