Alpine’s new leaders already impressing Ocon
Date published:
January 22 2021
Esteban Ocon has revealed he was impressed after speaking “for a very long time” on video calls with the Alpine team’s new management.
Apart from Ocon, who stays put, it has been all change at Renault since the end of the 2020 season with a new name, Alpine, a new livery to be unveiled in the coming weeks, a new driver in Fernando Alonso and new team bosses in Laurent Rossi and Davide Brivio.
Rossi has been appointed CEO, with overall responsibility for Renault’s sportscar division, while Brivio arrives from Team Suzuki Ecstar who launched Joan Mir to the 2020 MotoGP World Championship title.
‘Ocon won’t be in Alonso’s shadow at Alpine’
Date published:
January 21 2021
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon has what it takes to give Fernando Alonso a tough challenge in 2021, according to the team’s reserve driver Sergey Sirotkin.
Two-time former World Champion Alonso will represent the newly-branded Alpine Formula 1 team, previously known as Renault, and many believe he will be paces ahead of French team-mate Ocon.
Ocon has a season’s experience driving for Renault in 2020, while Alonso himself has been away from the sport for the past two years, although he did impress in the end-of-season ‘Young Driver’ test in Abu Dhabi.
Alpine confirm Brivio’s title after Suzuki switch
Date published:
January 17 2021
Davide Brivio has been confirmed as the new Racing Director of Alpine F1 following his recent departure from the Suzuki MotoGP team.
After the Italian’s exit, it immediately became apparent he was heading for a role with Alpine and he joins Laurent Rossi in spearheading the rebranded Renault team’s challenge from the 2021 season onwards.
“We are delighted to confirm Davide Brivio will strengthen our team ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season,” Alpine said in a statement.
“His specific role and responsibilities will be announced in the coming weeks.