A year on from the summer shock of Fernando Alonso announcing his departure and Oscar Piastri ruling out replacing him, Renault-owned Alpine go into Formula One's August break in a state of upheaval again.
In the space of two weeks, an entire top tier has left the Enstone factory — chief executive Laurent Rossi, team principal Otmar Szafnauer, sporting director Alan Permane and chief technical officer Pat Fry.
On track they have slumped from fourth last season to a distant sixth and suffered more retirements than any team.