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Alpine F1 Team Welcomes Former Kimi Raikkonen Engineer Dave Greenwood as Racing Director in Latest Restructure

Carl Harrison by Carl Harrison
March 4, 2025
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Alpine F1 Team Welcomes Former Kimi Raikkonen Engineer Dave Greenwood as Racing Director in Latest Restructure

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Former race engineer for Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, Dave Greenwood, has made a triumphant return to Formula 1, stepping into the role of racing director for the Alpine outfit. This development comes on the heels of the latest organizational shifts at the Enstone-based team, which have seen Julian Rouse stepping away from his role as sporting director to focus entirely on his duties within Alpine’s driver academy.

Greenwood’s journey in F1 began in the year 2000 with the BAR-Honda squad, after which he transitioned into a performance engineer role with Renault in 2005. He later held a race engineering position at the now-obsolete Virgin/Marussia/Manor team during the early part of 2010. Greenwood gained significant recognition for his stellar work as race engineer to Kimi Raikkonen during the 2007 World Champion’s second stint at Ferrari.

Prior to his recent move, Greenwood was the head of project and head of special projects at Hitech, a junior team founded by the current Alpine team principal, Oliver Oakes. It’s believed that Greenwood had a hand in Hitech’s unsuccessful attempt at securing a spot on the F1 2026 grid in 2023.

Greenwood’s appointment at Alpine was facilitated by Oakes, who took on the role of team principal last summer, becoming the second-youngest team principal in F1 history after Red Bull’s Christian Horner at the tender age of 36. Information from Greenwood’s personal LinkedIn profile reveals that he officially joined Alpine as racing director in January and was present at the pre-season test in Bahrain last week.

In related news, Julian Rouse, who was notably absent at the Bahrain event, will dedicate himself fully to Alpine’s driver academy from F1 2025. Rouse had initially become a director of the junior program in 2022. Meanwhile, it was also reported last week that 2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling and F2 racer Victor Martins have both ended their association with Alpine ahead of the new season.

In addition to Greenwood, Richard Lockwood has also joined Alpine as the team’s strategy and sporting director, bringing with him over a decade of experience as head of race strategy at Williams. Lockwood and Greenwood share a history of collaboration, having worked together at Marussia from 2011 to 2014. Lockwood also boasts previous experience as an engineer for former F1 tyre supplier Bridgestone.

Since Oakes’ appointment at Alpine, there have been speculations about a possible merger between the Renault-owned Alpine team and Hitech. Last August, it was reported that Hitech and its billionaire Kazakh-born investor, Vladimir Kim, were interested in entering F1 ‘via the Alpine route’ after their bid to join F1 in 2026 was overlooked.

There are also ongoing rumors about a potential sale of the Alpine team. This speculation is fueled by the decision to repurpose Renault’s historic F1 engine division in Viry-Chatillon, near Paris, in favor of a Mercedes customer deal from 2026, a move seen by many as a strategy to simplify a potential sale.

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