by VALERIO BARRETTA
Flavio Briatore charges Alpine
We certainly can’t talk about Briatore effect on the Alpinebut since the Piedmontese manager became executive advisor to the French team in Enstone they have scored points every weekend.
A coincidence, in short, that his return to an F1 team coincided with the increase in performance levels. Alpine has many problems and the further disagreements between Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly in Austria confirm how the team needs to do “internal cleaning” to have unity of purpose and clarity at the management level. Things in which Briatore can actually help, also counting on his experience, and which form the basis of the 2025 and 2026 cars.
Briatore’s words
2026 is Briatore’s goal. The manager intends to take advantage of the new regulations to bring Alpine into the podium area: “In 2026 I will win races, the Alpine will be on the podium; then, I don’t know how many we will be able to do“, this is his conviction to the microphones ofPolitics in football‘ are Rai Radio. “This year we have many handicaps, we are reshaping the whole team. I had full powers from Luca de Meo (president of the Renault group, ed.)I’m used to using them and I guarantee that in two seasons we will be talking about podiums“.
And your Sainz…
Once the foundations of a solid team and the conditions for a competitive car have been created, we can think about the drivers. In this respect, a profile like Carlos Sainz it would be perfect, not only for his speed but also because the Spaniard has proven to be good at developing the car’s concepts: “There is a lot of interestwe’ll see in the next few days, even if at the moment for Alpine the driver doesn’t make the difference, we have to fix the car first. Incredibly he is still free, we are all willing to have him in the team and we will do everything we can.“. Smooth Operator in recent weeks he has been very close to Williams, but from what is being said in the paddock the track has cooled down also because the driver is still hoping for a change of heart from Toto Wolff to drive the Mercedes. In this hesitation Briatore could be included, “caught” talking to Carlos Sainz Sr. at Montmeló.
