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Normally a CEO is more a strategic position and less busy with day to day operations while a MD runs the operation under the control of the CEO. In this case, Cyril reports to Brivo who reports to Prost (and other board members)
I saw it! Renault shakes things up... Rossi new CEO, so I Guess Brivo will lead the racing team and Budkowski as managing director? Or.. other way round in some wayF1NAC wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 16:04
Not anymore
Cyril left Renault group or was forced out.
https://en.media.groupe.renault.com/new ... 989c5.htmlPRESS RELEASE
Boulogne-Billancourt, January 11, 2021 – Groupe Renault announces the appointment of Laurent Rossi, Director of Strategy and Business Development of Groupe Renault, as Chief Executive Officer of the Alpine brand, effective January 11, 2021. Laurent Rossi will take charge of Alpine Cars, Sport, F1 and competition activities. He will report to Luca de Meo, Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Renault.
Cyril Abiteboul is leaving Groupe Renault:
I would like to thank the Groupe Renault for having trusted me for many years, particularly with the relaunch and reconstruction of the team since 2016. The solid foundations of the racing team and the entities in France and England built over these years, the strategic evolution of the sport towards a more economically sustainable model, and more recently the Alpine project which provides a renewed sense of meaning and dynamism, all point to a very fine trajectory. I would like to thank Luca de Meo for involving me in the construction of the Alpine Business Unit and I wish the new structure every success.
Abiteboul announced his hiring. So must have been part of the interview process. The News all along has been that Abiteboul would be CEO of Alpine. So a Team principle hiring was expected. So IMHO you assertion is wrong. It was a given there would be a new TP for 2021. The question is Abiteboul being kicked or is he is leaving for another job.Peter1919 wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 17:25Looks very much like Brivio has been bought in to replace Abiteboul as team prinipal.
I suspect that beng beaten by your own customer team in Mclaren two years running whist probably having a bigger budget will have cost Abiteboul, that and what looks like internal politics and a management shake up higher up in the Renault Group.
De Meo is on the job only since July. Looks like he's cleaning house. Renault Sport lost several customers over the last few seasons, just three podiums with their own car and a lot of money invested in drivers, without additional income. So, he distanced the team away from Renault, put a business developer on it, hired a guy that knows how to turn around the talent in a racing team.
Reminds me of the situation in McLaren between Martin Whitmarsh & Eric Boullierdiffuser wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 18:58Abiteboul announced his hiring. So must have been part of the interview process. The News all along has been that Abiteboul would be CEO of Alpine. So a Team principle hiring was expected. So IMHO you assertion is wrong. It was a given there would be a new TP for 2021. The question is Abiteboul being kicked or is he is leaving for another job.Peter1919 wrote: ↑11 Jan 2021, 17:25Looks very much like Brivio has been bought in to replace Abiteboul as team prinipal.
I suspect that beng beaten by your own customer team in Mclaren two years running whist probably having a bigger budget will have cost Abiteboul, that and what looks like internal politics and a management shake up higher up in the Renault Group.
The replacement of Abiteboul being from Inside the Renault group(Rossi)... You can read into that what you like. Either Rossi was hired in 2018 to be CEO of Alpine, he was hired as a replacement in the eventuallity of Abiteboul leaving or he was a last minuite choice to save face and fill in. His resume does look very CEO like.
