Why Alpine has abandoned its no team boss structure

As it headed into the 2021 campaign under its new identity, the Enstone-based squad elected to have a pretty unique management system in place.

It did away with having a designated team boss and instead had a triumvirate running things: Laurent Rossi as CEO, Marcin Budkowski as executive director and Davide Brivio as racing director.

But as the team’s form plateaued en route to fifth place in the constructors’ championship last year, Rossi was open that he needed to shake…