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HISTORICAL FACTS: Enstone gpe - The Untold Story

How a world karting champion ended up an F1 team boss

Oliver Oakes might be able to lay claim to being the quickest team principal in F1, but for the meantime however, he has his work cut out in saying the same for his Alpine team. 

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Who is new Alpine F1 team principal Oliver Oakes?

Oliver Oakes has been named as Alpine's new team principal as the revolving managerial door at the Enstone-and-Viry-based outfit is halted once again.

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Renault CEO rules out Alpine F1 team sale despite "offers left and right"

The Enstone-based squad has endured a challenging start to the 2024 season, with its A524 car starting the season at the back of the grid and having scored just two points so far.

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F1 driver market: Who could replace Esteban Ocon at Alpine in 2025?

The announcement that Ocon will be out of his seat comes a week after the Frenchman caused a collision with his team-mate Pierre Gasly during the first lap of the Monaco Grand Prix. Alpine’s team principal Bruno Famin warned “there would be consequences”, with many expecting the team to have…

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Failed crash tests proof of Alpine's ambitions, says its F1 chief

The Enstone-based outfit revealed a virtually all-new challenger for 2024 at its factory on Wednesday, with technical director Matt Harman claiming that the only carry-over component from last season was the steering wheel.

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How Alpine is keeping its Enstone base at F1’s cutting edge

It’s a challenge that many teams have either faced in recent years or are currently tackling head-on.

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How Alpine is keeping its Enstone base at F1's cutting edge

It's a challenge that many teams have either faced in recent years or are currently tackling head-on.

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Gasly: 2023 'unluckiest' year I've known in F1

The Frenchman joined the Enstone-based squad at the start of this year, and he hoped it would be able to improve on its fourth-place finish in the 2022 constructors' championship standings.

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Gasly: 2023 "the most unlucky" year I’ve known in F1

The Frenchman joined the Enstone-based squad at the start of this year, and hoped it would be able to improve on its fourth-place finish in the 2022 constructors’ championship standings.

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Is Alpine’s plan to fast-track F1 success a pipe dream?

While former team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane both reckoned that it would realistically take a few more years for the Enstone-based squad to hit its victory targets, the French car manufacturer’s senior management believed it could be done quicker.

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Is Alpine's plan to fast-track F1 success a pipe dream?

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Alpine A110 S Enstone Edition Debuts With Carbon Trim, Matte Black Wheels

It incorporates the same carbon used for the BWT Alpine F1 Team.

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Alpine ‘amateurish’ criticisms don't heap pressure on F1 team, says Szafnauer

The Enstone-based squad found itself in the firing line from Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi over the Miami GP weekend, as he lashed out at its lack of results this year.

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