Legendary F1 team owner Eddie Jordan has revealed that Flavio Briatore h🧸as promised him that Alpine "will be on the podium" by 20🤡27.

In June, Briatore's return to Enstone was announced, as he became their ex𓃲ecutive advisor.

Briatore has a rich history꧋ in F1, guiding the team to title success when it was known as Benetton in the 1990s and Renault in the 2000s.

The Italian hasn’t held a signi⭕ficant role in F1 since he was forced to step down as Renault b🐽oss in 2009.

Briatore’s break from the spo🌞rt was due to his involvement in the Crashgate scandal, which saw Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. cra♛sh on purpose at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

Speaking o𓂃n the podcast, Jordan explained why he thinks ﷽Alpine is a team to watch in the coming years.

“No d♛oubt about Alpine,” Jordan said. “I could be having a meeting with one of my major sponsors, or my bank manager, or whoever, and Flavio would ju🧔st burst in.

“That’s the way he was – but that was reciprocated, I would do the same. That doesn’t happen now, but Flaℱvio was a very special man in my time in Formula 1.

“Some things I hated him for, and some things I loved him for, but you know what he will do, and he gave me his word: ‘I promise you𝓀, Eddie, by ’26 or ’27, Alpine will be on the podium.’

“I’m not going to stand up and say I disagree, because I 𝓰actually do agree. He has a magic wand that is able to make things happen.”

Alpine have endured a diffic🎐ult 2024 campaign, scoring just 13 points i𓆉n 18 races.

I𒉰t leaves them ninth in the F1 constructors’ championship – only ahead of Sauber.

Due to their lack of performance, partiꦐcularly on the engine side, Alpine have abandoned their works engine project for 2026 – a decision that didn’t go down well with the Viry side of the organisation.

Jordan says Briatore is focused on improving the performance of the car rather than signing a sup✅erstar d𒅌river.

“Flavio wants to build the best car possible, we’ve already said this, and then the best driver will naturally be attracted to that﷽ car – and that’s his way. That’s his philosophy,” he added🍌.

“Other people go 🧸the other way around. Get the best driver, let’s see how we can make it work, like that’s Ferrari’s point – get Lewi🐼s Hamilton.”