Alpine boss, Bruno Famin has dismissed Helmut Marko’s suggestion that Andretti can purchase the troubled French outfit.
“Andretti can purchase the Alpine staff,” the Pink Bull marketing consultant instructed Sport1.de earlier this week. “That may be greatest served for everybody. Components 1 would hold its ten groups, Andretti may lastly get in and Renault would nonetheless be concerned.”
The Austrian’s remark got here within the wake of a troubled Belgian Grand Prix weekend which noticed three important members of the French staff half firm, together with staff principal Otmar Szafnauer.
Whereas the FIA continues to be contemplating a lot of potential new groups, F1 bosses, together with nearly all of present groups, proceed to specific their opposition to the concept.
Consequently, it’s thought of that any potential entrant ought to contemplate buying an present staff, although, very like a run-down property in an space focused for important gentrification this has solely precipitated the asking worth to rise.
Regardless of the provide nonetheless, Famin insists that Alpine isn’t on the market, regardless of the latest funding of €200 million which in line with the French staff values it at round $900 million.
“We now have an enchanting venture with Alpine,” he mentioned, in line with Speedcafe. “The true venture is creating the Alpine, supported by the Alpine F1 staff, the endurance venture, so we’re completely centered on that one. It is actually a part of the Alpine venture.”
Truth is that even when it was profitable titles with Williams and Pink Bull, to not point out its personal successes, Renault did little to capitalise on its achievements, whereas Alpine as a model is barely recognised.
“The extra profitable we will likely be in Components 1, the higher will probably be for the model, for positive,” Famin insists. “Because it has at all times been, with all my expertise in motorsport, the story is identical, to justify a motorsport programme you want to clarify to the massive boss that it is the equal to promoting.
“The distinction with Alpine is that Alpine has the game in its coronary heart, it is extra pure, and it is actually the problem of creating the model straight, and it is actually the technique of the model to develop it by motorsport.”
