F1 | Former Suzuki MotoGP Boss Davide Brivio Confirmed By Alpine As New Racing Director
This weekend, the reorganisation of Renault's Formula 1 operation, to be known as this season's Alpine, continued as Davide Brivio was appointed the team's Racing DIrector.
Since quitting his job with the Japanese manufacturer earlier this month, Brivio, who has a long record of success in MotoGP with Yamaha and most recently Suzuki, has been associated with a move to F1.
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Sunday morning, in a brief statement that read: "We are delighted to confirm Davide Brivio will strengthen our team ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship season. His specific role and responsibilities will be announced in the coming weeks. Davide will report to the Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi.Davide joins the Alpine F1 Team with a wealth of experience and success following more than 20 years in the MotoGP World Championship.We look forward to welcoming Davide as we start the next stage of our Formula 1 journey."
Davide Brivio joins Alpine F1 Team as Racing Director
— Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) January 17, 2021
We are delighted to confirm Davide Brivio will strengthen our team ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship season.
His specific role and responsibilities will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Davide will report to the Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi.
— Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) January 17, 2021
Davide joins @AlpineF1Team with a wealth of experience and success following more than 20 years in the MotoGP World Championship.
We look forward to welcoming Davide as we start the next stage of our Formula 1 journey.
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The news comes just says after Renault announced the shock departure of Team Principal Cyril Abiteboul, ahead of the rebranding of the squad as Alpine for this season, with new company CEO Luca de Meo implementing a big shake-up that sees Laurent Rossi, formerly Groupe Renault's Director of Strategy and Business Growth, take over as Alpine's new CEO, with overall oversight of the F1 team.
Alpine will also have a new driver line-up in 2021, as well as a shift of leadership at the top, with Fernando Alonso returning to the team where he won his two world championship titles to partner Esteban Ocon following the transfer of Daniel Ricciardo to McLaren.
