Alpine group principal Oliver Oakes has left the group lower than a yr after being appointed to the position.

An announcement by Alpine on Tuesday stated Oakes had resigned and that the group had “accepted his resignation with instant impact”.

The group stated Flavio Briatore would proceed in his position as government adviser and would now additionally cowl the duties Oakes had carried out.

No clarification was given for Oakes’ departure. The group stated no additional remark could be made and Oakes declined to remark when contacted.

A supply advised BBC Sport that it was Oakes’ choice to depart. Others stated that it got here as a shock contained in the group.

Oakes, who moved to Alpine from his Hitech group that competes within the junior classes, was broadly thought of inside F1 to have little energy on the group, with former Renault group boss Briatore the true controlling power.

Briatore’s controversial return to F1 as a group chief 15 years after he was discovered responsible of fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix as Renault group boss was orchestrated by Renault Group chief government officer Luca de Meo in July final yr.

Oakes’ departure comes only a day after it emerged that Alpine have been poised to drop Australian Jack Doohan after simply six races this season and change him with Argentine former Williams driver Franco Colapinto.

Oakes was appointed in July final yr after Alpine, who’re owned by Renault, eliminated their earlier group principal Bruno Famin and positioned him elsewhere within the firm.

And it continues a turbulent few years on the group which have seen a steady flux in senior administration amid a run of disappointing outcomes for Renault’s manufacturing unit group.

Renault additionally determined final yr to finish their F1 engine programme, which had been concerned since 1977 with solely a few temporary breaks. Alpine will use Mercedes engines subsequent season.

Famin additionally lasted lower than a yr in his position as group boss after changing Otmar Szafnauer in July 2023. The American lasted simply 17 months.

Shortly earlier than Szafnauer’s departure, Alpine chief government officer Laurent Rossi was additionally dismissed. He had been with the corporate for simply two and a half years.

Alpine completed sixth within the constructors’ championship final yr and are ninth with 1 / 4 of this season gone.

Their finest consequence this yr is a seventh place for Pierre Gasly in Bahrain, the place the Frenchman certified fifth however began fourth because of a penalty for Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.