By way of the assorted adjustments that had occurred on the workforce 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 workforce boss stated. “Otmar did a podcast the place he was fairly open about a few of 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 received to make all of that work and get everybody working collectively as a workforce. It was extra, genuinely, did I imagine within the venture?
“You do not wish to simply do F1 simply to be a quantity, to be certainly one of 10 Crew Principals. You wish to do it since you wish 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.
