Davide Brivio will be a part of the Alpine Method One staff from MotoGP as racing director, Renault chief government Luca de Meo stated on Sunday.
Brivio’s departure from reigning MotoGP champions Suzuki was announced on Jan. 7 amid hypothesis he was heading for the Renault-owned F1 staff that has been renamed as Alpine, as de Meo looks to increase the visibility and reach of the sports-car model.
Renault has introduced the departure of staff principal Cyril Abiteboul however have but to say who will take his place on the helm. That function has been anticipated to go to government director Marcin Budkowski. The staff stated Brivio will report back to Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi. The staff issued a brief assertion confirming Brivio’s role.
“Italy is a supply of excellence, engineers, mechanics, professionals who’ve Method One of their DNA so I selected an Italian, Davide Brivio, as Racing Director, the pinnacle of our racing staff,” de Meo – who himself is Italian — advised the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera.
“Positive, he is an outgoing MotoGP world champion, with Suzuki, on two wheels,” de Meo stated. ”Nevertheless it does not matter if there are 4 wheels on this aspect,” he added. “He is a superb skilled, he is aware of the flavour of a observe, the significance of getting a close-knit staff, giving each a selected function, he is aware of the way to arrange the work.”
Brivio presided over a title success as Suzuki staff boss final yr, with Spain’s Joan Mir profitable the MotoGP world championship within the absence of injured Honda rider and compatriot Marc Marquez.
Renault had been Method One world champions in 2005 and 2006 with Spain’s Fernando Alonso, who’s rejoining the staff this season after two years out of Method One and on the age of 39.
Each of his titles got here when the Renault staff had been run by one other Italian, Flavio Briatore — a flamboyant and controversial determine who has steered Alonso’s profession for the reason that Spaniard’s debut in Method One.
Briatore had a background in advertising and marketing, famously dismissed by rivals as a “T-shirt salesman” when he got here into Method One with Benetton, however led the staff to the highest with Michael Schumacher within the Nineteen Nineties.
Renault completed fifth general final season with three podium finishes.