Luca de Meo, the Renault Group CEO, says Fernando Alonso is very much fulfilling the “leading role for everybody” he set him at Alpine. Alonso, of course, returned to Formula 1 this season after two years away and did so with Alpine, the team having undergone a major rebranding programme from Renault to promote the company’s performance car division. Given his reputation as an uncompromising personality within an F1 squad, some people speculated the Spaniard could establish himself as an unofficial team principal – especially as Alpine do not have an outright leader after Cyril Abiteboul’s services were dispensed with. Instead, they have Marcin Budkowski and Davide Brivio with...
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