Alpine’s new boss Bruno Famin has claimed that the team didn’t dismiss Otmar Szafnaeur on performance grounds, as reported by Speedcafe.
The former Racing Point team principal was ousted from the Alpine set-up after the Belgian Grand Prix, along with sporting director Alan Permane.
Speaking about the dismissals, Famin explained: “The competition is so hard, and if we are not 100 per cent aligned, we all have enough experience to know that it is useless to continue together, and everybody has to learn to go his own route.
“We did not take away anybody. We have just chosen to go a different route because we were not falling in line. When I say I never lost confidence in Otmar, it’s because I know his skills, I know his background, and I know, like Alan, they are very good professionals of Formula 1. But we need to be on the same line, and we were not.”
