Alpine counts on all-rounders

Alpine F1 technical director Matt Harman told Racingnews365.com that the team is looking for versatile people who can work in different areas on a budget…

Matt Harman: “In recent years, teams have specialized in certain areas, in the absence of budget constraints it worked, but now the number of employees is limited and we want to see more universal specialists. This allows engineers to be transferred from department to department to strengthen it if necessary.

For example, one week we work on modernizing the rear suspension, the next week the same people work on the front wing with the help of highly specialized specialists. At the same time, people do not sit in one place and feel additional motivation. Agree, if you work on the upper control arm of the rear suspension every year, this does not contribute to an active thinking process and the emergence of new ideas.

We rotate engineers and technicians, give people the chance to work with different parts of the car – and they take their ideas to a new place, which helps a lot.”