Bruno Famin: a year as Alpine Team Principal

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Change is on the horizon at Alpine, as boss Bruno Famin prepares to step down, and the Renault-owned team considers switching to another manufacturer's power units.

Bruno tells Tom Clarkson why he is moving away from the F1 team to focus on operations at Renault's engine factory in Viry, just outside Paris. The factory has produced Renault F1 engines since the 1970s, but staff have been told this project will stop ahead of F1's new engine regulations in 2026. Bruno explains the thinking behind that plan, the possibility of Alpine becoming a Mercedes-powered customer team, and the alternative projects Viry could work on in future.

Bruno also looks back on his year as Alpine Team Principal, the arrivals of experienced engineer David Sanchez and former team boss Flavio Briatore. Plus, Pierre Gasly's continuing relationship with the team, and the departure of Esteban Ocon.

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0:00.0	Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.
0:10.0	He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.
0:15.0	Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.
0:19.0	All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.
0:23.0	Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.
0:26.0	Piando Ferries, there is another way. After a turbulent season both on and off track, more changes on the horizon at Alpin.
0:43.0	Bruno Famine is leaving his role as team principal.
0:47.0	I'm very happy to have been the team principal in Formula One for one year
0:51.0	and I am not unhappy to you.
0:54.0	Alpin is owned by Renault, but will they be powered by Renault in the future?
1:00.0	We had to make the announcement to the staff in Viri that there was a project to switch to a different power unit for the alpine front team from 2026 and that was really a shock.
1:12.0	The major event of the week is not my position or the
1:16.5	team principal position at Alpine is the potential change of power unit.
1:20.4	Hello and welcome to F1 Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson.
1:30.0	In his first big interview since announcing his departure as Alpin team principal, Bruno Famine tells me why he's leaving
1:37.4	the F1 team and why they're considering a new power unit supplier for 2026.
1:44.0	Because times are tough for Alpine at the moment.
1:47.0	They finished last year in their lowest constructors position since 2017
1:52.0	and they then failed to score in the opening five races of 2024 and
1:56.2	they're now well behind their main rivals. While they search for more
2:01.0	performance the French outfit are also looking for Pierre
2:04.4	Gazley's new teammate for 2025, with Estabana Ocon now joining Haas.
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