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

Oakes stepped down from his role as the head of Alpine’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Formula 1 team earlier this month due to personal reasons, forcin꧃g the team to go through 𒀰another management reshuffle.

Briatore has taken on Oakes’ responsibilities on an interim basis, but the French manufacturer is workin🥂g behind 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 job𓄧 less than a year into his role, but stressed that the process of finding a full-time successor will not be rushed.

“We are looking for [ꦓone],” he said on Friday ahead of the Spanish GP. “For the moment, nothing has chan🅷ged.

“I feel sorry for Ollie honestly because I have a very good relatiಞonship with Ollie. He was a good te🐲am principal.

“Like everybody knows, for personal reasons he 🉐stopped and he resigned from Alpine. We are looking [for some💃one to take his place].

“We won't [make] any mistake [in fin𝔉ding a replacement]. I prefer to take some time.

"The moment we decide who will be the new team manager weꩵ wil🔯l 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 e🐽ngine customer at the advent of the new ruleset in 2026.

Asked what qualities he i💙s looki🔴ng for in a team principal, Briatore said: “We are looking for somebody.

“It's [not] a lot of people doing this ꦰkind of job. We are looking for somebody good, somebody who und𓆏erstands, 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.”