Alpine has gone from having the youngest principal in the Formula One paddock to the oldest, while handing Pierre Gasly his third different teammate in nine races — all in the space of 24 hours.
Once again the words turmoil and chaos, perhaps unfairly, are being attached to the Renault-owned team whose glory days are an increasingly distant memory with success only a glimmer in the future.
When Oliver Oakes arrived last August, beneath the watchful gaze of special advisor and former boss Flavio Briatore, the then 36-year-old came in as a racer who understood the sport and could sort things out.
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