F1 News: Alpine announces that Bruno Famin is stepping down

The Alpine F1 team has announced that Bruno Famin will move away from his role as Alpine Team Principal.

The Frenchman had been confirmed as the Enstone-based outfit’s Team Principal before the start of the current F1 season, following an interim period in charge after the departure of previous team boss Otmar Szafnauer at last year’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa.

Famin will move away from his role by the end of August and will be in charge of all other Motorsport activities of the Renault Group at Viry-Chatillon.

Alpine also said in a statement that “a new Team Principal will be announced in due course.”

The news comes after several changes at Alpine across recent months, with the squad undergoing a technical restructure that saw Technical Director Matt Harman and head of Aerodynamics Dirk de Beer leave earlier in the year.

David Sanchez was then appointed as Executive Technical Director in May, having previously worked for the outfit earlier in his career. He was later joined by Michael Broadhurst and Vin Dhanani as Chief Aerodynamicist and Head of Vehicle Performance respectively.

In June, Flavio Briatore became Executive Advisor at Alpine, with the remit of his role being to “predominantly focus on top level areas of the team”, it was stated at the time.

This would include “scouting top talents and providing insights on the driver market, challenging the existing project by assessing the current structure and advising on some strategic matters within the sport”.