Since 2021, Renault’s name is no longer mentioned on the starting grid, replaced by Alpine F1 Team then BWT Alpine F1 Team. Putting a lot of money in the F1 stable, Renault testified to a 20% drop in its stock market value. This would generate the first maneuvers for the sale of the stable by the French automaker, even a disappearance. Explanations.
She seems distant the time when Renault played the title of world champion with Alain Prost in the early 80s and with Fernando Alonsodoubly sacred in 2005 and 2006. For several seasons of Formula 1, Renault who has become Alpine As of 2021 no longer managed to be in the race. Both on asphalt and behind the scenes with the financial issue.
Renault says stop with Alpine
Indeed, Renault faces an unprecedented financial crisis. In the space of only a few days, as reported by Sports.frthe action of the French automotive brand has lost 20% of its valuation on the stock market. Just that. Very bad news that comes at a time when a drastic choice could be taken by the tricolor group: Sell Alpine F1. Each year, Renault injects hundreds of millions of euros for the Formula 1. And the end seems to approach. Moreover, the Viry-Châtillon factory has put the key under the door and hundreds of employees have lost their jobs in Enstone in England, 300 more precisely.
Renault wants to sell Alpine, disappearance of the stable in Formula 1?
Some media indeed mention a sale of Renault For Alpine. The French manufacturer would therefore put an end to decades of presence on the starting grids in Formula 1. The project of Renault would be to continue the household in its payroll with the reduction of assets as once again underlined by Sports.fr with the aim of making the group BWT Alpine F1 Team as attractive as possible. It is a question at the moment t of a possible disappearance of the French team in the Paddock in the long term while Cadillac will be the new one in the 2026 season, the year of new regulations in Formula 1…
