Flavio Briatore is always the same: fiery, charismatic, ambitious. And just over a week after his great return to the world of Formula 1, more precisely as “Executive Advisor” of Alpine, the Italian entrepreneur has already raised the bar, considerably. For him and his team. “In 2026 I will win races – he declared during his speech on “La Politica nel Pallone” on Radio Rai -, Alpine will be on the podium. Then I don’t know how many we will do”. Briatore then also dwelt on the current season, justifying those missteps as accidents along the way: “This year we have had many handicaps, we are reshaping the whole team. I have received full powers from Luca De Meo (president of the Renault group, ed.) and I am used to using them. I guarantee it: in two seasons we will be talking about podiums”. A path that could become more or less similar to that of McLaren, on which the super consultant Alpine has focused, extending the discussion to the other main teams. “They have improved, but they weren’t bad last year either. This year they have also thrown away two races due to lack of experience because they have a team of young drivers. In my opinion they are at the level of Red Bull, while unfortunately I think Ferrari is the fourth force”.
alpine e sainz
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Briatore then confirmed the rumors that Alpine would be interested in hiring Sainz, who is about to say goodbye to Ferrari: “Carlos in Alpine next year? We’ll see in the next few days… there’s a lot of interest. Even if, in this moment, we must first think about fixing the car. Of course, there is this driver who incredibly is still free… we will do everything we can to have him on the team.” And Alonso? “No, he’s at Aston Martin, which has made a lot of mistakes despite the investments.”
