Bruno Famin

Bruno Famin
Born
Bruno Remy Perrick Famin

1962
Belfort, France
OccupationVice president of Alpine Motorsport

Bruno Remy Perrick Famin[1] is a French automotive engineer. He is the vice president of Alpine Motorsport since July 2023. He left the role of team principal of Alpine F1 Team in August 2024, being replaced by Oliver Oakes. He has since moved to Renault's mainline motorsports divisions.[2][3]

He was technical director of Peugeot Sport before taking command of the latter in 2012. In 2019 he became director of operations for the FIA.

Biography

He obtained his engineering degree from the National School of Arts and Crafts. In 1986, he began his professional career in logistics and transport in West Africa. After continuing his studies at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs, joined Peugeot Talbot Sport in 1989, where he joined the design office of the customer racing department as a development engineer. In 1994, he left the competition remaining within Groupe PSA, and became a project manager, from where he left for Argentina before returning to France.[4] In 2005, he became technical director of Peugeot Sport.[5] In 2012, he was appointed director of Peugeot Sport, succeeding Olivier Quesnel.[6][7][8][9]

In 2019, he left Peugeot Sport and joined the International Automobile Federation (FIA), where he became director of operations for the sports branch.

Bruno Famin became CEO in charge of engine development for the Alpine F1 Team in February 2022.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Bruno Remy Perrick FAMIN". Companies House. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Alpine confirm Bruno Famin to leave his role as Team Principal". Formula One. Formula One Administration. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Alpine announce Oliver Oakes as new Team Principal". Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Bruno Famin nommé Director des Opérations au sein de la division sport de la FIA". endurance-info.com. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ^ Thibaut Emme (25 July 2012). "Bruno Famin nouveau patron of Peugeot Sport". leblogauto.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  6. ^ Patrick Garcia (27 July 2012). "Bruno Famin nommé patron de Peugeot Sport". caradisiac.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. ^ Olivier Ferret (24 July 2012). "Bruno Famin, nouveau Directeur de Peugeot Sport". motorsport.nextgen-auto.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. ^ Patrick Lange (24 July 2012). "Bruno Famin à la tête de Peugeot Sport". largus.fr. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ^ Eloïse Le Goff-Bernis (24 July 2012). "Bruno Famin est nommé directeur de Peugeot Sport". auto-infos.fr. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Otmar Szafnauer confirmé chez Alpine, Bruno Famin in renfort". AutoHebdo (in French). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.