Alpine has hired David Sanchez as its new executive technical director following his short stint at McLaren earlier this year. Sanchez — who used to work at Enstone after starting his Formula 1 career there back in 2005 — had returned to McLaren from Ferrari at the start of 2024 but was quickly allowed to leave as he and the team felt his role didn’t match the initial expectations. Alpine moved quickly to sign the highly rated engineer in a senior role, appointing him to oversee the three technical directors that cover the performance, engineering and aerodynamics departments. Back in familiar surroundings. Welcome back, David 👋 pic.twitter.com/dRzx8AeyjF — BWT Alpine F1...
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