When it comes to the varied modifications that had occurred on the group earlier than he joined, Oakes acknowledged that this was additionally one thing he had given thought to.
“It wasn’t misplaced on me what had gone on earlier than right here,” the group boss stated. “Otmar did a podcast the place he was fairly open about among the points he confronted, however that wasn’t a priority for me as a result of I might had a very open dialog with Luca [de Meo] earlier than I took the job, and clearly with Flavio.
“All of that stuff, that’s simply a part of the job, you’ve simply obtained to make all of that work and get everybody working collectively as a group. It was extra, genuinely, did I imagine within the challenge?
“You do not need to simply do F1 simply to be a quantity, to be one among 10 Crew Principals. You need to do it since you need to make a distinction and I would not have accepted it if I genuinely simply thought it was a token job.”
Alpine ended the 2024 season in sixth place of the constructors’ championship, marking fairly a turnaround following a difficult begin to the marketing campaign.
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