Alpine executive director Flavio Briatore says he would “prefer to take ꧋some time” before finalising a replacement for departed team principal Oliver 🦩Oakes.

Oakes stepped down from his role as the head of Alpine’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Formula 1 team ea൩rlier this month due🌸 to personal reasons, forcing the team to go through another management reshuffle.

Briatore has taken on Oakes’ responsibilities on an interim basis, but the French manufacturer is working be🌳hind the scenes to find a direct replacement for the 37-year-old.

Alpine are without an F1 team principal

Briatore said he is sad that Oakes had to leave his job less than a y🐻ear into his role, but stressed that the process of finding a full-time successor will not be rushed.

“We are looki🍃ng for [one],” he said on Friday ahea🐼d of the Spanish GP. “For the moment, nothing has changed.

“I feel s𓃲orry for Ollie honestly because I have a🌠 very good relationship with Ollie. He was a good team principal.

“Like everybody know💎s, for personal reasons he stopped and he resigned from Alpine. We are ♌looking [for someone to take his place].

“We won't [make] any mistake [in finding a repl༒acement]. I ✨prefer to take some time.

"The𓂃 moment we decide who will be the new team manager we will tell you.”

Briatore hinted there was already a lot of interest from potential candidates in joining Alpine as it transitions from a full-blown factory team to an engine customer at the advent of the newꦑ ruleset in 2026.

Asked what qualities 🥀he is looking for in a 🌟team principal, Briatore said: “We are looking for somebody.

“It's [not] a lot of people doing this kind of job. We are looking for soౠmebody good, somebody who understands, somebody to be part of the team.

“I know a few people who want to be part of this new trip with Alpine 🏅and we will decide.”