Not lengthy after Oli Oakes was introduced as Alpine’s new Crew Principal – and the second youngest group boss in Formulation 1 historical past – he had a name from rival and Mercedes chief Toto Wolff to congratulate him.
“Toto stated one thing fairly humorous,” says Oakes. “He stated ‘it’s good to have some younger blood [among] us dinosaurs!’ I used to be laughing away, it was good of him to be so welcoming. Individuals at residence don’t usually get to see that a part of F1 – how shut persons are, how so many individuals have come up by means of the ranks collectively in several methods. I believe it’s fairly cool.”
