Flavio Briatore takes on Alpine F1 team lead duties as Colapino replaces Doohan

Flavio Briatore, in his role as Alpine executive advisor, before the Miami Grand Prix. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

The Alpine team principal, Oliver Oakes, has resigned from the team with Flavio Briatore, the Italian who was once given a lifetime ban from Formula One, set to step up to assume team principal duties.

Oakes was appointed only nine months ago and the 37-year-old’s resignation, which a statement from Alpine read they had accepted with “immediate effect”, comes as the team replace their driver Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto for the next five F1 races.