Overview
- Oliver Oakes resigned as Alpine F1 team principal on May 6, citing personal reasons, days after his brother William was arrested and charged with transferring criminal property.
- William Oakes, a director at Hitech Grand Prix, was arrested near Silverstone Park on May 1 with a large amount of cash and remains in custody following a court appearance on May 3.
- Flavio Briatore, Alpine’s executive advisor, has taken over Oakes’s responsibilities and denied rumors of a disagreement over the team’s driver lineup.
- Alpine confirmed a mid-season driver change, replacing Jack Doohan with reserve driver Franco Colapinto for at least five races, one day after Oakes’s resignation.
- Oakes’s tenure at Alpine followed his leadership at Hitech Grand Prix, a team he fully acquired in 2022 after its previous ownership by sanctioned Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin.