That plan involves not just Oakes, but the return of one of F1's most polarising figures: Flavio Briatore. The Italian was team principal at Enstone in its previous guises of Benetton and Renault, and ...

Afraid of the approaching annual team principal sacking event, Oliver Oakes expresses his wish to 'survive' and 'rise higher' ...

With his two predecessors leaving Alpine at the Belgian GP over the last two years, Oakes joked on the official F1 YouTube channel that he is ‘surviving until Spa’ in 2025.

Ah yes, V10 F1 – that cochlea-searing era when grand prix cars were 200mph fag packets, Bernie Ecclestone ruled the series with an iron fist and political correctness was something for the rest of the ...