WHO IS LAURENT ROSSI?

There have seen some major changes at the top of the Alpine Formula 1 team in recent weeks, just a year after the previous management reshuffle.

At the start of 2021, team principal Cyril Abiteboul was ousted, just as the former Renault squad began its transition to its new identity. Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo named Laurent Rossi, his erstwhile director of strategy and business development, as Alpine’s new boss, in overall charge of both the F1 team and road car division. Abiteboul’s number two, Marcin Budkowski, was promoted and MotoGP veteran Davide Brivio, well known to de Meo, was