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Alonso told Alpine – ‘This doesn't work'

Mar.24 Fernando Alonso immediately recognised parts of the Alpine package for 2021 that do not 'work'. That is the admission of Renault CEO Luca de Meo, the mastermind behind the French carmaker's rebranding of its works Enstone based team for the new season. 'I didn't want to be the man who buried 44 years of Formula 1 history,' he told selected media, referring to earlier speculation that Renault may simply pull out of the sport rather than re-brand. De Meo says moves were already in motion to attract Alonso back to F1 and the team prior to his arrival, but he is impressed with what he has heard so far. 'What I've heard from the team is that he seemed as if he had never left F1,' he...
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