The double podium of Brazilian Grand Prix served as encouragement to a team Alpine who in recent years has had to deal with the bottom half of the network Formula 1.
Since the arrival of Flavio Briatore It seems that a different atmosphere reigns within the France team, and the Italian advisor himself bears part of the responsibility.
In statements to ‘Sky F1’ at Interlagos, Fernando Alonso’s boss during his World Championships with Renault He claimed to have laid off 300 employees to stay only with the most committed.
“This year we cleaned a lot. And we continue to do so. “We have just taken a real evolutionary step so as not to interfere with the 2025 project, and the step we took was clearly in the direction of 2025,” he assured.
“Those of us who remain are just focused on the team and F1. Everyone else has left. When I arrived there were 1,150 people, now there are 850“, he added.
The metamorphosis of the team will continue next year with the incorporation of the “rookie” Jack Doohan to the detriment of Esteban Ocon. For the new era, as Briatore himself said, they have confidence in winning races. We’ll see.
