Pierre Gasly, Alpine A523 Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images So it was lagging behind on performance and the advantages of an F1 team running its own engine are much less than in previous years.

With the A523 a less competitive beast, there was a revolving door of management as Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi was sidelined by the group CEO Luca de Meo in favour of Philippe Krief. Team boss Otmar ...