Cyril Abiteboul has found a new job as an advisor to Mecachrome, a group that assembles Alpine's F1 engine. After previously working with Renault Sport, Abiteboul moved to Formula in 2012, becoming the team principal of the Caterham F1 team. Just two years later, he returned to Renault as the managing director of their own F1 operation and became the team boss when the works team returned to the grid in 2016. The Frenchman was set to stay in his position and perhaps even move higher up the company when the team rebranded and became Alpine for the 2021 campaign and beyond, but to the surprise of many, it was announced that he had left before the start of the campaign. No explanation has...
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