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Alpine has announced its replacement for outgoing team principal Bruno Famin, who confirmed he would be stepping down at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Alpine announced that Oliver Oakes will be the new team principal, replacing Bruno Famin. Famin revealed during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend that he would be stepping down from the position, making way for Oakes. Oakes will be the third team principal at the Enstone squad since last season, following Otmar Szafnauer’s departure mid-way through the 2023 visit to Spa-Francorchamps. Whilst Famin is set to head Renault’s Viry-Chatillon base, Oakes will take the helm at Alpine, becoming the youngest team principal in F1 and the second-youngest in the championship’s history after Christian Horner. Oakes, aged 36, has led Hitech Grand Prix (now Hitech Pulse-Eight) since founding the team in 2015, boasting experience both as a racer and as a former member of the Red Bull junior programme. In addition to F1 feeder categories, the team competes in various championships such as the F3 Asian Championship, Formula Regional series, GB3, and British F4.
