Alan Permane

V-CARB make major signings including ex-FIA staff

The side formerly known as AlphaTauri, Visa Cash App RB (V-CARB), have made three major signings ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 season. 2024 has already been extremely busy for Red Bull’s sister team, as they’ve successfully completed their rebrand. V-CARB might be a name which hasn’t gone down well with fans, but this hasn’t

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Toto Wolff and Christian Horner speak out following key sacking

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and Red Bull team principal Christian Horner have both shared their respect and admiration for Alan Permane, who was recently sacked as Alpine’s sporting director. Permane was brutally shown the exit door by Alpine ahead of qualifying at the recent Belgian Grand Prix, alongside now ex-Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer. Permane’s

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Alpine break silence on Andretti takeover rumours

Bruno Famin, newly-appointed boss of Alpine, has rejected claims that Andretti Autosport is on the verge of acquiring a “significant stake” in his team. The Enstone-based operation has been in turmoil after the sacking of Otmar Szafnaeur and his sporting director Alan Permane. The timing of Alpine’s announcement of these departures raised eyebrows as well.

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Ted Kravitz suggests something strange is going on at Alpine

The unexpected departure of Otmar Szafnauer from Alpine, along with long-standing sporting director Alan Permane and the move of veteran engineer Pat Fry to Williams as their new technical director, has raised eyebrows in the Formula 1 community.  Sky Sports F1’s Ted Kravitz has openly questioned the curious timing of the announcement and offered a

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‘Clearly wasn’t acceptable’: Alpine sporting director hits out at the FIA

Alpine’s sporting director Alan Permane has called for Formula 1 to look into getting the current procedures in place correct first, before implementing a rule change which would see races red-flagged should an incident occur late on. The comments come following the highly disappointing ending to the recent Italian Grand Prix, which finished behind the

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Renault Not Overconfident In ‘Best Of The Rest’ Fight

With Scuderia Ferrari way down in sixth in the table and a number of teams fielding relatively well-matched packages, the battle for third in this year’s Constructors’ Championship is the closest it has been in years.  Renault, led by two impressive podiums from Daniel Ricciardo, have a one-point advantage over both Racing Point and McLaren

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