Briatore is back as an F1 boss: what will he do next?
With a shady, but successful past, Flavio Briatore is once more an F1 team principal. But has he been appointed to revive Alpine's fortunes or flog the team?
Happy-go-lucky Frenchman Patrick Depailler would have been 72 today. If you need a reminder of his flair, car control and fearlessness, go onboard with him at a sodden Montreal in a Tyrrell 008.
For more opposite lock, go onboard around Long Beach.
For more about Depailler, here’s what his Ligier team-mate Jacques Laffite told us about him in 2008: Laffite on Depailler
With a shady, but successful past, Flavio Briatore is once more an F1 team principal. But has he been appointed to revive Alpine's fortunes or flog the team?
Max Verstappen preserved his lead at the start of the Miami GP by knowing the letter of the F1 law – probably costing Lando Norris the win
Jack Doohan's Alpine seat has been under threat from Franco Colapinto since the start of the 2025 season. Was his fate always sealed?
Alpine has become the revolving door of F1, with team principal Oliver Oakes the latest to join a long list of senior staff shown the exit