Alpine have confirmed that Bruno Famin will continue as their F1 team principal on a permanent basis during the 2024 se🔥ason.

The Frenchmen initially joined Alpine to head their engine division in 2022, before taking over the t꧅eam pr๊incipal position on an interim basis for the second half of 2023, following a management exodus that including the departure of Otmar Szafnauer.

Famin, who led Alpine’s team laꦕunch on W🙈ednesday at their factor in Enstone, was later officially announced as staying on in the role.

The confirmation rules out a return to F1, at least at Enstone, for former Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto, who had been linked with taking over as team pr🅘incipal at Alpine at various stages last year.

Alpine finished a distant sixth in the constructors’ championship last season but Pi🍨e𓄧rre Gasly and Esteban Ocon each managed a single podium.

Famin insists Alpine are not setting any targets for the 2024 F1 season after overhauling th🎶eir car design.

“We need to continue to improve the team to take it to the next level. We all know that prog♋ress is never linear. That’s why we will not declare any numerical t🐲argets,” he explained.

“We are focusing on ourselves and the improvement across the many different areas, to enabl♉e us to demonstrate greater competitiveness. It’s going to be a fierce battle on-track, and off it in the development race in the factories, and we intend to be part of that close competition.”

Alpine hav꧙e described their new A524 challenger as be☂ing “bold” and “brand-new”.

The changes were so fundamental that “only the🔯 steering 🍒wheel survived”, according to technical director Matt Harman.