F1 News: Alpine announces resignation of Team Principal Oakes

The BWT Alpine Formula One Team has announced that Oliver Oakes (pictured Left) has resigned from his role as Team Principal.

The team has accepted his resignation with immediate effect.

As of today, Flavio Briatore will continue as Executive Advisor and will also be covering the duties previously performed by Oliver Oakes.

The team would like to thank Oliver for his efforts since he joined last summer and for his contribution in helping the team secure sixth place in the 2024 Constructors’ Championship.

The team said they will not be making any further comment.

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There have been long-running suspicions that Briatore was pulling the strings all along. Now it’s official.

A team principal without decision-making power is no team principal at all.

Oakes was the team’s sixth team principal in as many seasons. Briatore, assuming his responsibilities, is its seventh — that’s one team principal every 9.5 months since 2020.

Renault/Alpine team principals

Cyril Abiteboul: 2016 to 2020 (Renault)

Davide Brivio and Marcin Budkowski: 2021

Otmar Szafnauer: 2022 to mid 2023

Bruno Famin: mid 2023 to mid 2024

Oliver Oakes: mid 2024 to mid 2025

Flavio Briatore: mid 2025 (ongoing)

This list doesn’t include the myriad other senior technical and other staff to have left the organization since its 2021 Alpine rebrand.