Alpine deny “false” F1 team sale rumours after woeful start to 2024

Alpine have issued a strong response to suggestions that the F1 team could be put🅺 up for sale by Renault.

Pierre Gasly (FRA) Alpine F1 Team A524. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, Qualifying
Pierre Gasly (FRA) Alpine F1 Team A524. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand…

Alpine have denied “false” reports suggesting that Renault is considering selling the Enstone-based F1 team.

had reported on Wednesday that parent compa🎀ny Renault could consider offers to sell the F1 team “on the condition that any new owner would continue to use Renault engine power for the foreseeable future”.

However, in a stat🍨ement supplied to , Alpine have moved to dismis❀s suggestions of a possible sale.

“The rumours and stories about the team being for sale are false,” a team spokesperson said. “The team is categorically not 🧔for sale.”

Alpine have endured a terrible start to the 2024 F1 season and are rooted to the bottom of the constructors’ championship, having failedꦆ to score a single point so far.

The Anglo-French squad appears to have the least competitive car on the grid, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly finishing a lowly 15th and 16th at꧋ th🌜e Japanese Grand Prix.

Neither 🌊driver has been able to register a finish higher than 13th across the opening four races in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan.

It has been an incredibly turbulen🍸t 12 months or so for Alpine, with CEO Laurent Rossi, team principal Otmar Szafnauer, sporting director Alan Per💦mane and technical director Pat Fry, all leaving.

Following Alpine’s poor start to 2024, the team reorganised 𒅌their design department following the double resignation of technical director Matt Harman and head of aerodyn☂amics Dirk de Beer at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Current team principal Bruno Famin has admitted Alpine’s performance is “not acceptable” for a work📖s F1 team.

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