The team have also confirmed that sporting director Alan Permane is alsoꦺ departing after 34 years at Enstone🧸, while veteran engineer Pat Fry has been signed by Williams.

Alpine Vice President of Motorsports Bruno Famin, will 🌄a𒐪ssume the role of interim team principal from the Dutch Grand Prix. 

Szafnauer was appointed as Alpine team principa💖l in February 2022 a♌s part of a management restructure following his exit from Aston Martin. 

"BWT Alpine F1 Team announces today it will part ways 💧with Team Principal Otmar Szaﷺfnauer by mutual agreement following the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix," a team statement read. 

"Otmar will continue his duties as normal for this weekend’s race in Belgium, before leaving the team ahead of the summer break. The team would like to thank Otmar for his hard work over the past 18 months and f🐟or leading the team in achieving fourth place in the 2022 Constructors' Championship. The team wishes him the best for the futu💝re.

"The team can also confirm it will part ways with Sporting Director Alan Permane by mutual agreement. Alan will also continue his role this weekend in Belgium before departing ahead of the summer break. After 34 distinguished years at Enstone, the team extends its thanks to Alan and wish♊es him the best in his future endeavours.

"The team also announces that Pat Fry will lea🍰ve the team to continue his career in ♛Formula 1 elsewhere." 

Fry's appointment as Williams' new chief technical officer was confirmed by team boss Jam♐es Vowles during Sky F1's c👍overage of practice at the Belgian Grand Prix. 

"These things don’t happen overn༺ight, this was actually something that happened back in April time, when we came to terms over things," Vowles explained.

"In the meantime we’ve just been agreeing terms wit𓃲h Alpine as to how to ꦍdo the exit in a nice way for them and a positive way for us.

"Pat comes with over 30 years of experience in the sport, he’s won 66 race♑s, he’s worked across McLaren, Ferrari, Alpine – all of those teams in his tenure there performing incredibly well.

"When he went back to McLaren from 2018-20, you see that team turned around and really was back up in the 🎉sport and the constructors’ championship.

"He’s perfect for Williams, he﷽ rolls his sleeves up, he gets stuck in, he puts structures and systems in place, he’s empowering – I really quite enjoy Pat and have much time for him, so I think it’s a great signing on our behalf."