There was a plan put in place for the Alpine Formula 1 team to start winning. It was said to be a 100-race project, although some uncertainty remains over when the clock started – not that this appears to matter now since neither Laurent Rossi, the man who set the target, nor Otmar Szafnauer, the man Rossi appointed to carry it out, are involved with the team anymore. Rossi was reassigned from his position as CEO of the Renault-owned Alpine brand to a nebulous role in ‘special projects’, while Szafnauer has departed to look after his garden.
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