F1 team announce shock RESIGNATION of two key figures
F1 team announce shock RESIGNATION of two key figures
Alpine have suffered the resignations of two key figures following the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend.
The team's performance left a lot to be desired in Bahrain, with their two French drivers only able to qualify 19th and 20th on Friday, before recovering to finish 17th and 18th in the race respectively.
Having struggled in 2023, the team had been hoping to push closer towards the top five constructors in 2024, but instead appeared to be the slowest team of all at the Bahrain International Circuit.
Now, they are in the process of restructuring their design department, after technical director Matt Harman resigned from his role in the aftermath of Saturday's race, as well as head of aerodynamics Dirk de Beer.
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Last season was a tumultuous one for the Enstone-based team, with boss Otmar Szafnauer's axing prompting a mass exodus of staff, and the outfit were only able to pick up two podiums throughout the year.
That seems like a long time ago now, with podiums presumably going to be even harder to come by in this mammoth season, if their performance in Bahrain is a true representative for the entire season.
Esteban Ocon had already started the season off on a pessimistic note before the launch of their 2024 car, stating that the simulators showed them to be 'slow'.
Now, Harman and De Beer have decided to depart their roles following the awful start to the season, and will be replaced by three different personnel.
Ciaron Pilbeam has been promoted from head of race engineering to technical director, engineering will be led by Joe Burnell and aerodynamics by David Wheater.
New team principal Bruno Famin said in a statement: "We have decided to make these organisational changes as we can clearly see that we are not where we want nor need to be in terms of performance level and it is time to take another step in terms of organisation and people.
"The new three-pillared structure with three technical directors, each specialising in different areas, will bring better work and collaboration across our technical areas and contribute to delivering performance from the factories to the race track."
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