Alpine have endured a largely miserable start to the 2024 Formula 1 season. And many would trace their current woes back to last summer. In July, the team sacked CEO Laurent Rossi, team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane. Predictably, the departure of three of the most senior figures sparked an exodus. Szafnauer has previously blamed these ‘bad decisions’ for the team’s predicament. He feels they’ve created an atmosphere of instability that has inevitably filtered down to the race track. Across the first five races of the campaign, neither Pierre Gasly nor Esteban Oco…
