Why the Italian is only a representative instead of team boss

With Alessandro Aloenni Bravi (48) returns for a bit at the head of the Sauber racing team Monisha Kaltenborn yield. Because just like the former team boss, the Italian is also a lawyer by training. You can hear that too. Aloenni Bravi talks like Kaltenborn sober, sober, somewhat stiff and polished when he reported to Blick via video link the day before the test drives in Bahrain.

The lawyer with gasoline in his blood is the successor of the jovial Fred at Alfa-Sauber vaseur (54), Ferrari’s new team boss: “This is my dream job!” So opposite vaseur and being the Italian: The duo worked closely together in junior motorsport for many years back then vaseur 2017 at Beautiful on Kaltenborn followed.

“Fred then came to me Beautiful suggested,” says Aloenni Bravi, the in Hinwil to general manager of the Sauber Group and knows the company inside out.

A team representative there was in the F1 never

Now he steps into the spotlight. Aloenni Bravi is now the public face of Alfa-Sauber. He is present at all Grands Prix. But not as a team leader – Aloenni Well done additional function next to management is officially called team representative.

There’s never been a job like this in Formula 1. Is the new guy just a greetings august for the paddock with no real skills? Aloenni Bravi waves it off and says, “It’s not about the job title, it’s about the position. We’ve divided the tasks between three people.” Next to him is the F1 veterans Beat tender as team leader and the Spaniard Xevi pujolar as chief engineer.

Aloenni Bravi: “It’s an efficient way to lead a team. The classic team boss may be a tradition in Formula 1, but the sport has become very complex. Other racing teams have also divided the tasks, although they still stick to the designation team boss.

There are precise rules about who has the last word

Three bosses on the track – and at home Hinwil Andrew is still sitting Seidl (47) as Sauber’s new CEO. “We are a team and work very closely together,” the team representative assures.

But who decides when things get tough? That used to be vaseur. “It is all very clearly arranged internally, who has the final say on which decision,” says Aloenni Well done. As a lawyer, you take him at his word.

Of vaseur going to Ferrari was never a problem for the Italian. “I wanted to stay and develop the team.” And Aloenni After decades in motorsport as a driver and junior team manager, consultant, team founder and operator and head of the Sardinia Rally, Bravi has long since found its home in Switzerland.

Alunni Bravis Son grows up in Ticino

When he works for Nicolas Todt’s management firm in Geneva, he draws Aloenni Bravi went to Lugano in 2011 with his wife and son, who is now 13 years old. “I also have an apartment in Wetzikon. But Ticino is our family base. We really appreciate living in Switzerland, it’s the perfect mix between Italy and Switzerland,” he says.

But the team representative hardly had to work in the new job already Add criticism. The reason: the new title sponsor «to stake». Although it is said to bring in around $10 million a year, it comes out of controversy crypto industryalso exist in many for the sports betting provider GP posts advertising bans.

Aloenni Bravi: “We are aware of the advertising restrictions in some countries. to stake but is a lifestyle and entertainment brand including a live streaming platform. It’s not just about betting. There are 5 million registered users. We want to bring them closer to Formula 1 and win new fans.”

But you can also win this without an internet offensive – as the new C43 is fast enough.

Source : Blick