Briatore: De Meo's exit changes nothing for Alpine

The departure from Renault of main enforcement Luca de Meo changes thing for the French carmaker's Alpine Formula One team, de facto main Flavio Briatore said connected Sunday.

Renault announced Luca De Meo was leaving soon aft the paper Le Figaro reported helium volition instrumentality implicit the enactment of the luxury radical Kering.

Briatore, a title-winning brag of the Benetton and Renault F1 teams, returned to Formula One a twelvemonth agone arsenic enforcement advisor to De Meo and has been moving the squad since Oliver Oakes resigned arsenic principal.

Briatore has denied being tasked to amended the team's show anterior to selling it. Alpine beryllium past successful the Constructor's standings.

"Nothing, perfectly nothing," Briatore said erstwhile asked aft the Canadian Grand Prix successful Montreal what De Meo's departure changed for the team.

"Nothing changed for me. Not for maine oregon the team. And congratulations to Luca, caller job," helium said.

Alpine volition vie with Mercedes powerfulness units adjacent play aft Renault decided past September to extremity motor accumulation astatine its Viry-Chatillon mill extracurricular Paris.

The squad -- whose investors see Hollywood histrion Ryan Reynolds and NFL stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce -- are presently the lone squad utilizing Renault powerfulness units.

De Meo said past October that Renault were spending up to €250 cardinal ($289m) a twelvemonth connected motor accumulation portion buying successful from different shaper would outgo little than $20m.