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Carmaker CEO proud to have kept Renault in F1

Apr.20 Alpine is still on target to win races in Formula 1, according to Renault CEO Luca de Meo. When the Italian left the Volkswagen group in 2020 to join Renault, he was met by a senior management team that had effectively decided to pull the French giant out of Formula 1. 'Yes, I was told that Renault would be leaving the sport,' he told Le Journal de l'Automobile. 'They had built a beautiful history in the sport for 40 years so I was strongly against this. I never wanted to dig Renault's Formula 1 grave.' De Meo's solution was to rebrand the UK-based works Formula 1 team as Alpine. 'We have improved a lot and brought in a solid management team with Otmar Szafnauer at the top,' said...
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