How Alpine is keeping its Enstone base at F1’s cutting edge

It’s a challenge that many teams have either faced in recent years or are currently tackling head-on.

At one extreme there’s Aston Martin, whose Silverstone factory – created for the birth of the original Jordan outfit in 1991 – had long ago outlived its useful life.

Owner Lawrence Stroll had the funding and commitment required to buy an adjacent site, build a completely new facility, and then demolish the old one to create more space…