Former FIA executive to join AlphaTauri in major management shakeup
AlphaTauri have announced that former FIA executive Peter Bayer will join the team as Chief Executive Officer, with Team Principal Franz Tost set to step down at the end of the 2023 Formula 1 season.
After TheFOXposts.Com learned that Laurent Mekies would be leaving Ferrari in his position as Sporting Director, AlphaTuari confirmed that he would be Tost's replacement and join the team at a later date.
The management shakeup is one of the largest for the Faenza squad since they joined the grid as Toro Rosso in 2005 after having bought out the Minardi team.
Tost has spent 18 years as the team's Team Principal, overseeing their two Grand Prix victories in Italy in 2008 and again in 2020.
A poor start to the 2023 season with just one point from three races has prompted the change, with the team looking to turn their fortunes around and challenge further up the grid.
"I would like to thank Franz Tost for his hard work at AlphaTauri over the past 18 years," s...