The Alpine Formula 1 team is now experiencing another leadership change.
According to a team statement, Oliver Oakes has presented his resignation, which the team has accepted “immediately.”
As established in the statement, Flavio Briatore will continue as an executive advisor and will also cover the tasks carried out by Oliver Oakes.
Alpine finished sixth in the Classification of the 2024 Constructors Championship. They entered this season with an alignment of pilots that consisted of veteran Pierre Gasly and the rookie Jack Doohan, and after weekends on the weekends of the Miami Grand Prix they feel ninth in the classification, with seven points in the season. Gasly finished the seventh in the Bahrain Grand Prix, and picked up an additional point in the Sprint F1 race at the Miami Grand Prix.
The news occurs when the speculation continues about the future driving of Doohan for the team throughout the Gasly. The Bewan year with Doohan under pressure, since the team signed 2024 Super-Sub Franco Colapinto as a reserve pilot after a strong season in Williams about the second half of last season, and that pressure only increased when Doohan fought to open the 2025 campaign.
Then, ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, that speculation increased when Horacio Marin, president and CEO of YPF, appeared on the A24 television news channel and was caught in a hot microphone that indicates that Colapint would be in the car in the grandfather Emilia Romagna.
YPF, an Argentine energy company, is a financial sponsor or collapint.
He asked the duration of the FIA press conference before Miami Grand Prix on Doohan, Oakes made it clear that he understands that it will always be “speculation”, but that Doohan is the driver of the team “together with Pierre” [Gasly].
“Yes, I mean, look, I saw him as everyone else. I think he was a sponsor from Argentina out of the camera who gives him his opinion about Franco when he will be in the car”, “I mean, I am obviously sure that there are many people in Argentina who would like you in the car this Sunday.
“I think we have a quite open leg as a team.
“That is just noise and Jack needs to continue doing a good job.
But I think it is obviously natural that there is always that speculation there. “
Pressing if Doohan would be in the car in Icola, Oakes declared that as of today, that is the case.
“Yes, I mean, as it is today, Jack is our driver along with Pierre,” Okes said.
“I think we have a fairly clear leg about that. I mean, we always evaluate it, but yes, today that is the case.”
But now Oakes himself is out.
This story will be updated as there is more information available.
