Renault Formula One team to be renamed Alpine F1 starting next year

The Renault Components A single crew will be renamed Alpine F1 from 2021, competing in French hues to showcase the carmaker’s sportscar manufacturer, new organization CEO Luca de Meo announced on Sunday.

Alpine has a sturdy motorsport pedigree, in rallying and endurance racing, but has not previously showcased in Components A single as a constructor. The Renault identify will stay on the vehicle as the motor service provider.

“Beginning from up coming calendar year we will be racing with the Alpine manufacturer,” De Meo advised reporters forward of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

“The vehicle will be symbolizing the historic hues of French motoring with the blue and Tricolore.”

Reduction-making Renault previous week announced a new organizational construction targeted on four divisions somewhat than geographical areas, with Renault F1 crew principal Cyril Abiteboul overseeing Alpine.

The Renault team revived the Alpine manufacturer and its two-seater types in 2017, updating a basic structure which strike a peak in the sixties and 70s.

Pricier types like the Alpine could help enhance the group’s more time expression profitability, with De Meo indicating previous week that Renault’s ‘center of gravity’ experienced to be a lot more upmarket.

“We will use Components A single as a system to market a manufacturer that we want to build,” he mentioned on Sunday.

“Even if Renault is a superb manufacturer, the healthy within the Components A single environment of Alpine can be even superior,” extra De Meo. “I imagine that Components A single should really be a championship of constructors with manufacturers that make persons aspiration.”

The carmaker has committed to Components A single until finally at least 2025 after signing a new commercial settlement.

Components A single is also introducing a $one hundred forty five million funds cap up coming calendar year.

The 2021 Alpine crew will feature Spain’s Fernando Alonso, returning to a crew where by he was a double environment winner a lot more than a decade in the past, and Frenchman Esteban Ocon.

“This modify will come at a vital instant in the trajectory of the crew and the sport,” Abiteboul mentioned in a statement.

“The implementation of the funds cap will set an close to the price race and will make it possible for the signatory groups to be measured for their sporting worth. Alpine has its put in Components A single and can problem for victory.”