Alpine’s Flavio Briatore attempts to clear air over recent resignation
7th May 2025Alpine F1 Team Principal, Flavio Briatore, has posted an update on social media following Oliver Oakes’ resignation on Tuesday night.
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On Tuesday, following the Miami Grand Prix, it was announced that Oakes – the team principal who replaced Bruno Famin – had resigned with immediate effect.
It was confirmed that Briatore had taken over Oakes’ duties and would continue in his role as Executive Advisor, amongst the additional responsibilities.
Less than 24 hours later, it was also confirmed that Jack Doohan would be replaced by Franco Colapinto for the next five races ahead of an ‘evaluation,’ which will be held before the British Grand Prix, in July.
Following these announcements, Briatore has tried to put to bed any claims of an alleged disagreement between himself and Oakes.
“A lot has been said in the past 24 hours incorrectly associating the decision of Oli resigning to an alleged disagreement, or that we shared different views,” said Briatore in a social media statement. “This is completely false and far from the truth.
“Me and Oli have a very good relationship and had long-term ambitions to drive this team forward together. We respect Oli’s request to resign, and therefore accepted his resignation.
“The reasons are not related to the team and are of a personal nature.
“I will continue to be more and more involved with the team, together with the strong management we already have in place. We will work hard on improving our position this season and preparing for 2026.”
In the same statement, Briatore had included a message from Oakes – something that was missed in the official announcement.
According to the post, Oakes states that it was ‘a personal decision’ to step down from being the Team Principal.
Alpine currently sit a single point above Kick Sauber in the constructors’ championship, in ninth, having only achieved seven points in the first quarter of races, in 2025.
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