Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane have been dismissed by Alpine

Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane have been dismissed by Alpine.

We’re told that Bruno Famin – who was only hired as Alpine’s VP of motorsport a week or two ago – will become interim team principal for the time being, with the current boss of the Alpine Academy Julian Rouse named as the interim sporting director.

Clearly, the answer is to get rid of all of their major management staff 😬

Otmar and Alan will continue their roles for the rest of the race weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, but once the action has concluded – they will both leave with immediate effect.

Permane has been with the Enstone team for over 30 years and has remained through all of Alpine’s previous guises, with Otmar joining ahead of the 2022 season, steering the team to a fourth-place finish in the constructors’ standings.

During all of this, James Vowles announced during Sky Sports F1’s Belgian GP FP1 coverage that Alpine’s Chief Technical Official, Pat Fry, is moving to Williams to become their Technical Director.

The departures come after Alpine’s CEO, Laurent Rossi, was replaced by Philippe Krief, who was only appointed as Alpine’s vice president of engineering earlier in the year.