Alpine announced Tuesday that Oliver Oakes resigned from his position as team principal, which was accepted by the team with immediate effect. Flavio Briatore, the team’s executive advisor, will assume Oakes’ responsibilities while continuing his advisory duties.

Alpine Executive Advisor Flavio Briatore and former Team Principal Oliver Oakes are speaking about about Oakes’ shocking resignation

New Alpine boss Flavio Briatore has had a colourful life, from living as a fugitive to avoid going to prison, to winning titles with Michael Schumacher to then being banned from F1