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1 team, 2 kleurstellingen voor 2023. Alpine heeft zojuist niet één maar twee liveries onthuld voor het aankomende seizoen. De Franse renstal gaat komend seizoen voornamelijk met de blauw/roze livery rijden, maar zal het seizoen gaan aftrappen met de knalroze livery. Welke van de twee vinden jullie het mooist?

Alpine has confirmed a swathe of its top staff are leaving the team, following the departure of CEO Laurent Rossi two weeks ago. Team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane will leave the team after the Belgian Grand Prix weekend, the team announced. Chief technical officer Pat Fry has also left. Williams has already confirmed the veteran engineer has joined them in the same role. Szafnauer, who joined the Enstone-based team at the beginning of the 2022 season, and Permane, who has been at the factory since its original guise as Toleman in 1988, will both leave the team by “mutual agreement” following this weekend’s round at Spa-Francorchamps, said Alpine in a statement. The decision comes one week after Rossi was replaced by Philippe Krief. Szafnauer had told media including RaceFans in Hungary that he had confidence that he would be able to continue in his role with the support of Renault CEO Luca de Meo and pursue Alpine’s 100 grand prix target to become a championship contending team. “I have no concern that Luca will be true to his word and give me the 100 race time that’s required,” Szafnauer said after the Hungarian Grand Prix. Alpine Motorsports vice-president Bruno Famin will assume the role of interim team principal, with Julian Rouse, the director of Alpine’s academy, becoming interim sporting director. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Speaking at the team principal’s press conference in Spa, Famin said that Alpine had not been as competitive as their ambitions had wished for. The team originally set a target of repeating last year’s fourth place in the constructors championship and closing the gap to the top three teams. However Alpine recently fell to sixth place in the constructors’ championship having been overtaken by McLaren. “The results do not match our expectations, clearly,” Famin said. “We were not on the same line on the timeline of how to reach the level of performance we are aiming for. We are not where we wanted [to be].” Famin thanked Szafnauer and Permane for their contribution. “They are great people. We really thank them for all that they’ve brought to the team – for a very long time for Alan, 34 years in Enstone. More recently with Otmar, we secured the fourth place in the championship last year which was a good achievement. “But we were not on the same line on the timeline to recover the level or to reach the level of performance we were aiming. Mutually, we agreed to split our ways and that’s it.” Following the change, Famin said it will take time to decide on their long-term replacements. “I’ve just been appointed two weeks ago as vice president of motorsport at Alpine. Of course, we have been discussing the topic with the top management for weeks and now I will really assess with the whole team what is the real situation and what will be the plan. I will take the necessary time to do this assessment and we will decide later on.” Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free 2023 Belgian Grand Prix Browse all 2023 Belgian Grand Prix articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/

Szafnauer, Permane and Fryleave Alpine By Balazs Szabo on 28 Jul 2023, 16:21 On the eve of the Belgian Grand Prix, Alpine has announced that Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer, Sporting Director Alan Permane and Chief Technical Officer Pat Fry will leave the team following this weekend's Spa F1 race. Born in Semlac, a small village in Western Romania to an American father of German descent and a Romanian mother, Szafnauer graduated in electrical engineering and then in business and finance in Detroit. He joined Ford Motor Company before becoming Operations Director at British American Racing in Formula One. He joined the Management Board of the Honda F1 Team in 2001 before founding Soft Paur which released the official Formula One Timing and Track Positioning Application on the iPhone in June 2009. The same year saw Szafnauer join Force India and stayed with the Silverstone outfit when it became Aston Martin for the 2021 season. At the start of last year, he joined the Alpine F1 Team as Team Principal. Alpine has now revealed that Szafnaur will leave the team, but he is set to continue his duties as normal for this weekend’s race in Belgium. A statement from Alpine read: "The team would like to thank Otmar for his hard work over the past 18 months and for leading the team in achieving fourth place in the 2022 Constructors' Championship. The team wishes him the best for the future." Furthermore, the Anglo-French outfit also confirmed that it will part ways with Sporting Director Alan Permane by mutual agreement. Just as Szafnauer, Permane will also continue his role this weekend in Belgium before departing ahead of the summer break. "After 34 distinguished years at Enstone, the team extends its thanks to Alan and wishes him the best in his future endeavours," read a statement from the team. The team also announced that Chief Technical Officer Pat Fry will leave the team to continue his career in Formula 1 elsewhere. Fry joined Alpine ahead of the 2022 F1 season and oversaw all technical activities, set performance targets, and identify future technologies for the car Bruno Famin, VP, Alpine Motorsports, will assume the role of Interim Team Principal of BWT Alpine F1 Team from the Dutch Grand Prix onwards. Current Alpine Academy Director Julian Rouse is named Interim Sporting Director, with Matt Harman leading the technical team at Enstone. via F1Technical.net . Motorsport news https://www.f1technical.net/news/

This week’s episode of the F1 Nation podcast takes a look back at a thrilling race in Montreal, as Max Verstappen held off the late challenge of Carlos Sainz, sealing his sixth victory of the season to extend his lead at the top of the drivers’ championship. Tom Clarkson leads the debrief of the Canadian Grand Prix and is joined this week by 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve and Josh Hill – son of ’96 champ and regular F1 Nation presenter Damon. They reflect on Verstappen’s race-winning drive, his championship lead and whether Carlos Sainz could have caught him at the end of the Grand Prix. They also look at whether Ferrari can close the 76-point gap at the top of the constructors’ championship to Red Bull. 6 Winners and 5 Losers from the Canadian Grand Prix – Who mastered the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve? The team are also joined by a great panel of guests, including race-winning Team Principal Christian Horner, who discusses the brilliant performance of Verstappen, and Ferrari’s Jock Clear, who praises Charles Leclerc’s terrific recovery to P5. Alpine and Alfa Romeo Team Principals Otmar Szafnauer and Frederic Vasseur also pop along, as they both celebrate their drivers' top 10 finishes. Listen to F1 Nation in the player below or head here to catch it via your preferred podcast provider. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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Il direttore sportivo della Sahara Force India Otmar Szafnauer ha comunicato il dissenso della sua scuderia verso il cambiamento annunciato della Pirelli a partire dal prossimo Gran Premio del Canada. La scusa della sicurezza e il fatto che solo alcuni team sarebbero propensi per questa modifica sarebbero motivi più che sufficenti per lasciare le cose come stanno. FONTE  »  force india szafnauer pirelli monaco