As it headed into the 2021 campaign under its new identity, the Enstone-based squad elected to have a pretty unique management system in place.
It did away with having a designated team boss and instead had a triumvirate running things: Laurent Rossi as CEO, Marcin Budkowski as executive director and Davide Brivio as racing director.
But as the team’s form plateaued en route to fifth place in the constructors’ championship last year, Rossi was open that he needed to shake things up for 2022 and beyond if the team was going to hit the front.
The result is that of the three men that were at the helm, two of them are now no longer directly involved in the F1 team.
Budkowski departed the operation completely over the winter, while Brivio has been moved into a new role overseeing Alpine’s young drivers and its racing activities elsewhere.
Now, Alpine has a designated team principal in Otmar Szafnauer and he will work alongside former FIA and Peugeot man Bruno Famin, who will head…
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