Why the biggest change Alpine’s chiefs want to see isn’t its engines

While there has been a lot of media interest in Alpine’s engine plans, there are bigger changes that Alpine bosses Flavio Briatore and Oliver Oakes are more focused on

If there is one element that a manufacturer Formula 1 team needs to be successful, it is that of focusing on the racing and not getting dragged down by corporate politics.

Multiple works team failures in past decades – from Toyota to Jaguar to BMW – all have varying elements of their operations losing their core focus amid boardroom management interference from above.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.