Former Alpine Formula 1 team boss Otmar Szafnauer says Renault's senior management lacks understanding of what it takes to be successful in the series.
Szafnauer departed the team after last month's Belgian Grand Prix as part of wholesale changes at the Enstone team, with long-time sporting director Alan Permane also leaving.CEO Laurent Rossi, who was moved aside by Renault CEO Luca de Meo to a position away from the F1 programme.
"They wanted to do it faster than is possible and I couldn't agree to an unrealistic timeline because if you do that, it's only a matter of time and everyone gets frustrated, so I laid out a very realistic and possible plan and I think they wanted to shortcut that plan with somebody else." "There are pockets of the organisation that the skill level is at a very elementary level and that's because the people they have there were college graduates, for example, as opposed to somebody with 25 years of knowledge.
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