After the internal earthquake that occurred in Spa, at Alpine they are working to restart. The start of the season, with Otmar Saffron team principal, did not meet initial expectations, with Alpine appearing to be significantly behind both McLaren than at Aston Martin. The fourth constructors' place achieved last season is now gone and the various withdrawals - just consider England and Hungary - certainly did not help the French team. For this reason, Alpine has decided to implement changes: the team principal out Saffron – Famin inside on an interim basis, waiting for Binotto – and the historic sporting director Perms.
The indiscretion from France: Binotto in Alpine already in September
A real revolution, with Alpine appearing to have already identified the real replacement for Szafnauer. Let's talk about Mattia binotto. The former Ferrari team principal is the first name on the wish list of the French managers and it seems that the negotiation is proceeding quite quickly. Binotto, who said goodbye to Ferrari at the end of the 2022 season - to make room for Vasseur from January - he has about 12 months of gardening to do. Surprisingly, however, based on what was told by f1i.autojournal.fr, it seems that Binotto should already be in charge of Alpine from the month of September, skipping – in theory – only the Dutch GP scheduled for the end of August.
Waiting for confirmation
We are only talking about rumors which, if confirmed, would see Binotto find yourself in an absolutely difficult situation, with Alpine complaining about a power unit with 30 hp less than the competition. However, one thing seems to be certain: it will be in September, or at the end of the season, Alpine has chosen Binotto and it seems that the Italian engineer - the more the days pass - the closer he gets to the Enstone team.
