This weekend Franco Colapinto will compete in his first grand prix since Abu Dhabi last year, having taken Jack Doohan’s race seat at Alpine. The Enstone-based organisation has acquired a reputation for operational chaos since Renault reacquired it in 2016, having gone through one total rebrand and a litany of technical directors and senior management. Most recently, the former team principal Flavio Briatore returned as ‘executive advisor’ with Oliver Oakes joining from Hitech as the team principal. Any connection between Oakes’s departure and his brother’s legal issues is speculative. The turbulent environment at Alpine does not deter James Vowles, who believes Colapinto can thrive in such conditions. Despite shifting teams from Williams, Colapinto has a ‘window’ of five races to prove his worth at Alpine. Vowles is optimistic about Colapinto’s future in the team and sees it as his best chance to secure a permanent racing seat in the upcoming seasons.
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