Aug.1 Gerard Larrousse, a Formula 1 legend, thinks Renault might be clearing the path to withdraw from the sport altogether. The management turmoil and shakeups at the French carmaker's Alpine F1 team rolls on, as the successor for the now-departed boss Bruno Famin is named. As expected, it is Oliver Oakes, who at just 36 years of age becomes the second-youngest team principal in Formula 1 history. ‘Oli' Oakes, a former single seater racer who at 17 was karting world champion in 2005, has made his name as co-founder of the F2 and F3 outfit Hitech. Not long ago, along with Andretti-Cadillac, Hitech even applied to become the 11th or 12th team on the grid, but is rumoured to have been...
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