Why did Oliver Oake suddenly resigned from his post at Alpine? Tuesday, May 6, the main team of the Franco-British team announced its departure “For personal reasons ». Very quickly, rumors of divergences with Flavio Briatore, the executive advisor of the stable, broke out. Some observers mentioned a disagreement about the choice of replacing Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto in one of the brand’s single -seaters. Rumors denied by the Italian himself. “Many things have been said these last 24 hours, wrongly linking Oli’s decision to resign to a suspicion of disagreement, or divergences from point of view that we would share. Oli and I have very good relationships and have long -term ambitions to conduct this team together. We respect the request to resign and we have therefore accepted it. personal. “
“Transfer of criminal goods”
But we now know more about the real reasons that led to this departure. According to the British newspaper, The Telegraph, William Oakes was arrested in the United Kingdom on Thursday 1is May, just a few days before the resignation of his brother. Always according to daily life, “Wiliam Oakes, 31, is accused of transfers of criminal goods”. He was arrested in the Silverstone Park region “In possession of a large sum of cash”. Director of another stable, Hitech Grand Prix, his single -seaters would have been seized on their return from Djeddah and he would today be placed in pre -trial detention.
What is the link between this affair and his brother? Difficult to say for the moment. Oliver Oakes is the founder of the Hitech stable. After his resignation a few hours after the Miami Grand Prix, he would not have returned to England but would have taken a flight directly for Dubai. To escape British justice? The question remains whole.
