When otmar szafnauer came to Alpine back in 2022the French brand established the famous goal of 100 runs to be able to fight for victories weekly. However, now that Renault has set aside laurent rossithe terms could change.
Now after double abandonment of Alpine in the first exchange in the Hungarian Grand Prixthe rumors about the current state of the brand are growing.
For this reason, in some statements collected by ‘Motorsport’, Szafnauer has recalled the initial idea and hopes that the new CEO of Renault will remain faithful to the word of rossi.
“You have to remember that Laurent is doing special projects now. Also, it was Luca de Meo who ultimately sat with me and convinced me to join his project,” says Otmar.
“The Alpine Project It was with the plan of 100 races, and I think we’ve had about 30. So we still have about 60 races leftthat is, others three years to start earning“, Add.
Likewise, he believes that Luca is a man faithful to his word and assures that it is a project that “takes time”: “It’s taken everyone time. I know that Luca is a man of his word, and he gave me his word of 100 races”.
Currently, Alpine is far from where they would like to be. In addition, the DNF of the last races do not help to satisfy some goals that, despite having achieved a podium in Monacoare far of be satisfied.
