TheMalWare @ TheMalWare @lemmy.ml

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Not even close, De Meo is CEO of Renault Group. Philippe Krief is CEO of Alpine Cars subsidiary, and Bruno Famin has been VP of Alpine Motorsports since 2023.

Keep in mind he's mainly VP of Alpine Motorsports, and he's now switched his focus on reorganising the Viry plant (if they do sign with an engine manufacturer for 2026, not a done deal yet), hence why he's vacating the position.

The people that were let go were essentially deadwood (feel free to look them up), and a ton of key people were poached from Mercedes/RB/Ferrari. Otmar was simply the wrong hire, frankly there's a reason Lawrence Stroll didn't keep him.

Not sure why they're going for Oliver Oakes though, Jonathan Wheatley would've been a better fit imo, but we'll see.

Despite the jokes they seriously won't. Their 2016 investment keeps ballooning past $1 billion in value, and most of their marketing rests on F1, because exposure > sporting results.

Fernando was told to let Lance by to chase down Tsunoda, Lance was told to give the place back after failing to do so, and he didn't. Tbf though it was more of strategic blunder by the team.

Cracks showing up on all fronts, Verstappen/GP-Red Bull, Norris/Piastri-Mclaren, Stroll/Alonso, this is great for neutrals

Yeah you can't really follow and understand F1 properly if you just do it in a vaccuum, there's on-track strats, off-track politics, factory personnel changes, learning the history, F1 feeder ladder, even how a team's F1 program fits into a company's strategy, etc etc.

They can rebadge the engines, it's not that big of deal for marketing hence why they're even considering it

Assuming it's not an alias lol

Front of the midfield yes, it's inevitable with the quality people they've hired and the management changes they've made, and fingers crossed if they remain a works team. Fighting with the top teams probably not, as always.

Expecting a cringe story but the visuals should be great at least. Kind of surreal to see Brad Pitt in there with Kosinski directing, this is peak Liberty Media era F1.

Should've called it Formula One/1 at the very least, would've been more nuanced. But then they couldn't plaster the F1 logo front and center and get people to look it up, which I guess was the point of this ad effort.

He wasn't penalised for moving under braking in previous laps

Crashstappen is back, let's go

One extreme doesn't justify another, plus what matters here is the information. Couldn't care less about who runs or frequents the group, but I'm glad it brought awareness to SBI and their influence.

Canal+ probably snitched

Probably due to the front wing then, because they're barely smaller in dimensions unfortunately, plus only 4% lighter

We're all MS personnel

Ocon was just the catalyst that accelerated the behind the scenes reshuffling starting with Briatore, repercussions is him not getting resigned plus a stern talk.

Edit: also this guy has been there for 20 years, he's one of those limp mummies from 2005/2006 glory, at some point you need fresh blood in there

Career-ending moment at this point, at least destruction wise he'll be an upgrade over KMag at Haas