London ¨C Alpine has gone from having the youngest principal in the Formula One paddock to the oldest, while handing Pierre Gasly his third different teammate in nine races ¡ª all in the space of 24 hours.
Once again the words turmoil and chaos, perhaps unfairly, are being attached to the Renault-owned team whose glory days are an increasingly distant memory with success only a glimmer in the future.
When Oliver Oakes arrived last August, beneath the watchful gaze of special advisor and former boss Flavio Briatore, the then 36-year-old came in as a racer who understood the sport and could sort things out.
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