Alpine promote Bruno Famin to Vice President of Alpine Motorsports

Alpine has announced that Bruno Famin has been appointed as Vice President of Alpine Motorsports which will see him lead the French manufacturer’s activities across all motorsport disciplines.

Famin, who has recent experience working at governing body the FIA, will manage all teams ranging from Formula 1 to Endurance, to customer racing and competition such as Rallye-Raid, with Alpine providing technical support to Dacia on its Dakar project.

The former FIA executive will also lead the Alpine Academy, with the aim of detecting and developing drivers, thus serving as a feeder to all Alpine’s motorsports endeavors. He will continue to serve as managing director of Alpine Racing’s factory in Viry-Châtillon (France), supplying high performance powertrains to all these categories.

This reshuffle of motorsport management structure is believed to further simplify and reinforce Alpine’s governance under Laurent Rossi’s leadership, through the creation of functional hubs, following the nominations this year of Philippe Krief as VP, Engineering and Product Performance, and Antonino Labate as VP, Sales, Marketing & Customer Experience.

Alpine said in a statement: “With this appointment, Bruno Famin will be in position to leverage his extensive experience in motorsports, built on his unique track record of victories, including several titles in Le Mans and Dakar.

“He will also contribute with his acknowledged engineering know-how, which helped re-establish Alpine’s F1 power unit as a credible reference in the paddock, as well as his extensive experience in Motorsports regulations, having long served as a well-respected FIA executive.”