F1 Team Alpine Appoints Steve Nielsen as Managing Director
- Formula 1 team Alpine has appointed Steve Nielsen as managing director to oversee its daily operations.
- Nielsen will start his role in September ahead of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.
- He will report to the team's executive advisor Flavio Briatore, marking a return for Nielsen.
- Nielsen's appointment follows the departure of Oli Oakes from the Team Principal role in May.
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Motor racing-Alpine appoint Nielsen to run F1 team day-to-day
SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) -Renault-owned Alpine appointed former sporting director Steve Nielsen on Friday to handle the day-to-day running of the Formula One team following the departure of principal Oliver Oakes. Read full story
British engineer Steve Nielsen has been appointed managing director of Alpine Formula 1 and will be under the authority of the executive advisor of the brand Flavio Briatore, announced this Friday the Franco-British stable.
The Alpine team announced the recruitment of Steve Nielsen as general manager as of September 1st. Since the departure of Oliver Oakes, former main team, the management of the Alpine team around Flavio Briatore, the executive advisor, appeared unclear. The French team has now formalized Steve Nielsen's appointment as general manager who should act as the main team by accounting to Briatore. "Under the leadership of Flavio Briatore, Steve Nielsen…


Alpine sign former FIA figure to key F1 role amid multiple changes to its management structure
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