Formual 1: Gabriel Bortoleto has been named as team-mate to Nico Hulkenberg at Kick Sauber for the 2025 season.
Bortoleto gets F1 promotion with Sauber | 00:32Alpine has confirmed it will become a Mercedes engine and gearbox customer from 2026 after abandoning its in-house power unit program .
Mercedes, on the other hand, has been the dominant power unit supplier since this formula was introduced in 2014, having powered eight of the last 10 constructors title winning cars. It will likely win a ninth with McLaren this year. Taking an external gearbox supply will necessarily restrict Alpine’s ability to customise its rear suspension, with the pick-up points mounted to the gearbox case.
Some speculated that offloading the engine division was the first step to preparing the team for sale, with an independent operator more likely to purchase a stand-alone factory in the UK without a French advanced manufacturing operation tethered to it. Alpine finished ahead of McLaren in the constructors standings as recently as 2022, when the two teams appeared to be on divergent paths under the new technical rules, the French squad on the rise and the British one in decline.
After years of management upheaval, the team appears to have settled on an executive line-up comprising Oliver Oakes as principal and former Renault boss Briatore as a figurehead representing Renault’s interests in the paddock. The team will also take a new driver line-up into 2025, with incumbent Pierre Gasly to partner Australian Jack Doohan for his rookie season.
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