Abiteboul has been associated with Renault, in the meantime he served for a short time at Caterhamu, and in 2016 he returned to Formula 1 with the French manufacturer, which announced last September that it will compete in the royal motorsport class this year under the name Alpine F1.
It was expected to Abiteboul remained associated with the new brand, perhaps in a position unrelated to Formula 1, but today the group Renault announced his departure with immediate effect. Laurent rossi, who joined Renault in 2018 as Director of Strategy and Business Development, he was appointed General Manager of the brand Alpine and will report directly to the President of the Renault Group Luci de Meo. He is expected to be the current CEO Marcin budkowski took on the role of Abiteboul as the head of the team in Formula 1, while the former boss of Suzuki Davide Brivio occupied a higher position.
"I would like to thank the Renault Group for their many years of trust, especially in restarting and rebuilding the team from 2016 onwards," he said Abiteboul. "The solid foundations of the team and entities in France and England built over the years, the strategic development of sport towards a more economically sustainable model recently and the Alpine project, which provides renewed meaning and dynamism, all point in the right direction. I would also like to thank Luca de Meo for involving me in the construction of the Alpine business unit, and I wish the new structure a lot of success.”Group Renault to present its new strategic plan on Thursday, entitled "Renewal".
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