Alan Permane

British engineer

Alan Permane
Born (1967-02-04) 4 February 1967 (age 57)
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationEngineer
Known forFormula One engineer
TitleSporting director

Alan Permane (born 4 February 1967) is a British Formula One engineer. He is the former sporting director at the Alpine Formula One team.[1]

Career

Permane started his career in motorsport in 1989 as a test electronics engineer for the Benetton F1 team. He was promoted to a junior race engineer in 1996 and then subsequently became a race engineer from 1997 to 2006 for the Enstone outfit as the team became Renault F1, engineering drivers such as Jarno Trulli and Giancarlo Fisichella.[2] In 2007 he became the chief race engineer for Renault F1[3][4] and in 2011 the Chief Operating Officer.[5] In 2012 Permane became the Sporting Director for the team now called Lotus F1 a position he retained as the team transitioned back into Renault F1 and then into Alpine F1 Team. On 28 July 2023, Permane was released by the team and his time with Alpine concluded after the Belgian Grand Prix.[6]

Permane was announced to be joining the Visa Cash App RB F1 Team in 2024 as sporting director.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Garage by Alan Permane". Renault Sport.
  2. ^ "Grapevine: Permane gets 'dream' podium visit - F1 - Autosport". Autosport.com. 19 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Alan Permane Interview". Racecar Engineering. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ Beer, Matt (5 June 2007). "Renault: Monaco won't be a one-off - F1 - Autosport". Autosport.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Permane z awansem - MotorSport24.pl". www.motorsport24.pl (in Polish). 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Alpine confirm Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer and Sporting Director Alan Permane to leave team after Belgian GP". Formula1.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  7. ^ Edmondson, Laurence (29 January 2024). "Goss and Permane appointed to restructured VCARB technical team". ESPN. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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France Alpine F1 Team
Executive management
Philippe Krief (Chief Executive Officer)
Bruno Famin (Team Principal)
Personnel
Dirk de Beer
Davide Brivio
Marcin Budkowski
Chris Dyer
Pat Fry
Matt Harman
Eric Meignan
Alan Permane
Ciaron Pilbeam
Laurent Rossi
Otmar Szafnauer
Rob White
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10. France Pierre Gasly
31. France Esteban Ocon
Race winners
France Esteban Ocon
2023 Test and reserve drivers
Australia Jack Doohan
Alpine Academy drivers
Australia Jack Doohan
Brazil Matheus Ferreira
Germany Sophia Flörsch
France Victor Martins
Italy Nicola Lacorte
India Kush Maini
Italy Gabriele Minì
Japan Kean Nakamura-Berta
United Kingdom Abbi Pulling
Bulgaria Nikola Tsolov
Formula One cars
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A521
A522
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A524
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Automobiles Alpine
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Équipe Renault Elf (19771985)
Renault F1 Team (20022010)
Notable personnel
James Allison
Bob Bell
Éric Boullier
Flavio Briatore
Dirk de Beer
Jean-François Caubet
Nick Chester
Denis Chevrier
Alain Dassas
Tim Densham
Mike Elliott
Patrick Faure
John Iley
Ayao Komatsu
Gérard López
Patrick Louis
Eric Lux
Rob Marshall
Paul Monaghan
Jarrod Murphy
Rod Nelson
Steve Nielsen
Alan Permane
Simon Rennie
Bernard Rey
Mark Slade
Mark Smith
Pat Symonds
Rémi Taffin
Dino Toso
Jon Tomlinson
Naoki Tokunaga
Jonathan Wheatley
Rob White
Notable drivers
Jarno Trulli
Jenson Button
Giancarlo Fisichella
Heikki Kovalainen
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Robert Kubica
World Champion(s)
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2006
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2005
2006
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R24
R25
R26
R27
R28
R29
R30
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Renault F1 Team (20162020)
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Benetton Formula
Founder
Luciano Benetton
Personnel
James Allison
Ben Agathangelou
Giorgio Ascanelli
John Barnard
Bob Bell
Rocco Benetton
Ross Brawn
Flavio Briatore
Rory Byrne
Nick Chester
Peter Collins
Frank Coppuck
Tim Densham
Pat Fry
Mike Gascoyne
Rob Marshall
Steve Matchett
Paul Monaghan
Jarrod Murphy
Steve Nielsen
Alan Permane
David Richards
Sergio Rinland
Mark Smith
Nigel Stepney
Pat Symonds
Rob Taylor
Willem Toet
Nikolas Tombazis
Dino Toso
Naoki Tokunaga
Joan Villadelprat
John Walton
Jonathan Wheatley
Nick Wirth
World Champions
Michael Schumacher
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Teo Fabi
Gerhard Berger
Thierry Boutsen
Alessandro Nannini
Johnny Herbert
Emanuele Pirro
Nelson Piquet
Roberto Moreno
Michael Schumacher
Martin Brundle
Riccardo Patrese
JJ Lehto
Jos Verstappen
Jean Alesi
Alexander Wurz
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jenson Button
Drivers' titles
1994
1995
Constructors' titles
1995
Formula One cars
B186
B187
B188
B189
B189B
B190
B190B
B191
B191B
B192
B193
B193B
B194
B195
B196
B197
B198
B199
B200
B201
Benetton Group
Toleman
Renault


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