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Cyril Abiteboul’s departure as Alpine team principal this winter came as “a shock to everyone”, according to Marcin Budkowski.

New Alpine CEO Larent Rossi has backed the decision to not replace the departed Cyril Abiteboul as team principal for 2021.

Sprint races may be called ‘super qualifying’ Date published: March 3 2021 The name that has been proposed for the sprint races that could be brought into Formula 1 for 2021 is “super qualifying”. That is according to Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski, who was discussing the concept which does largely have the support of the teams, but remains controversial with some drivers. 100km sprint races on a Saturday may be trialed at three rounds of the 2021 season, and would form the grid for the grand prix on Sunday. And Budkowski revealed that the name proposed to teams for these...

Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski believes that F1's sprint race proposal, or super-qualifying, will add excitement to the weekend.

Alpine have revealed a striking blue, white and red livery for their foray into the world of Formula 1 during an innovative online launch for the A521. Renault opted to rebrand their F1 outfit to the Alpine division for this season and thus overhauled their livery, swapping black and yellow for the colours synonymous with Alpine’s motorsport heritage. The A521 will continue to be powered by a Renault engine, designed and developed in their engine base at Viry, while the chassis itself is an evolution of the R.S.20. While there is heavy carryover of parts from last year into this campaign, a...