The Renault-owned Alpine System One group introduced the departure of former racing director Davide Brivio on Tuesday, amid hypothesis the Italian was heading again to MotoGP.

Brivio joined Alpine in 2021 after leaving then-MotoGP champions Suzuki the place he had been group boss.

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The 59-year-old had additionally beforehand been the group supervisor for the manufacturing facility Yamaha outfit when MotoGP nice Valentino Rossi was the star rider.

Media hypothesis has linked him to former champions Repsol Honda in MotoGP, with that group lately signing Rossi’s half-brother Luca Marini.

Brivio was most lately director of racing enlargement tasks at Alpine, together with the younger driver programme.

The group went via a significant administration change this 12 months with the departures of group principal Otmar Szafnauer, CEO Laurent Rossi, sporting director Alan Permane and chief technical officer Pat Fry.

The Enstone-based group completed the season sixth after ending up fourth in 2022.

“It has been a proud chapter in my motorsport profession to be concerned in System One with Alpine,” Brivio stated in a group assertion.

“I’m grateful to Alpine for accommodating my want to pursue different alternatives which can [and I hope that they will] come up sooner or later.”