Alpine have announced the appointment of Jason Somerville as their new Deputy Technical Director, in a move that further strengthens the team’s technical leadership group.
Somverville was previously a key member of the Ensotne based operation’s Aerodynamics Department between 2010 and 2011, when they competed under the Renault name.
He first worked in F1 with Williams in 1999, before joining Toyota in 2003, where he went on to become Deputy Head of Aerodynamics.
Following his two-year stint at Enstone, Somerville returned to Williams to leader their Aerodynamics Department, before working for Formula One Management and helping to develop the 2022 technical regulations. He later moved to the FIA in 2022 as Head of Aerodynamics.
I am really excited to be returning to Enstone and working with Flavio [Briatore, Alpine Executive Advisor], Steve [Nielsen, Alpine Managing Director], and David in this new role. I have been away from the competitive side of motorsport within a team environment for a few years now and I’m relishing the opportunity to be back in the thick of it, hunting milliseconds and fighting our rivals for points and hopefully silverware. I am looking forward to getting underway and joining the superb team of engineers, designers, and aerodynamicists at the factory and hopefully contributing to some of the team’s success in the not too distant future.
Somerville on the news.
We are thrilled to have someone of Jason’s calibre and experience joining the team and to continue our sustained level of progress. The work the team has already done this season has been extraordinary, but we all know that is just the beginning of the job and not one team member is resting on their laurels. Adding Jason to our technical team will allow us to take even further steps to better our performance in the latest Formula 1 development race.
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