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“We’re not good enough at the moment” — a honest Oakes on Alpine’s current F1 performance

Alpine continue to be nowhere close to their expected goals for this season. As a usual midfield contender, the team sit all the way down in 9th in the Constuctors’ Championship. To add, the team has also gone through multiple off-track changes, such as a change in the Team Principal role once again, and the…

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Oakes: The coming months for Alpine F1 will be “the most critical point for the team and the company for the next few years”

Ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend, in only his third race in charge of Alpine, Oliver Oakes spoke Friday morning on some of the changes that will be made and challenges that could arise as the season comes towards its end. With there only being eight races left of the longest season on…

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Hitech GP founder Oliver Oakes joins Alpine F1 as team principal

Following speculation over the Belgian Grand Prix weekend that it could happen, Pit Debrief has learned that Oliver Oakes will become Alpine F1’s new team principal. Sources have indicated that it was officially announced to staff earlier on Tuesday. An announcement to the wider world is expected this week. At Spa last Friday, current team…

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