[Medland] BREAKING: Otmar Szafnauer is leaving Alpine at the end of the Belgian Grand Prix - eviltoast

Sporting director Alan Permane is also leaving after 34 years at Enstone

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    1 year ago

    I always found his slightly dour nature quite endearing but I have to say he was not very inspiring in his recent Beyond the Grid interview when asked to explain Alpine’s present and future ambitions.

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      1 year ago

      I honestly had a worse opinion of him after that Beyond the Grid episode. I appreciated how level headed and logical he was, but he also made a bunch of excuses. When they asked him about the 100 races the first thing he did was move the goalpost. I hate to say it but the dude just isn’t cut throat enough to be an F1 TP. I would love to see him in a different series though. I think with the right drivers his level headed approach would work.