Bruno Famin

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Bruno Famin
Born
Bruno Remy Perrick Famin

1962 (age 63–64)
Belfort, France
OccupationDeputy director of Automobile Club de l'Ouest

Bruno Remy Perrick Famin [1] is a French automotive engineer. He has been the deputy director of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest since March 2026.

Previously, Famin served as vice president of Alpine Motorsport. 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.

Famin became CEO in charge of engine development for the Alpine F1 Team in February 2022. [10] He also oversaw Alpine's FIA World Endurance Championship programme and Dacia's World Rally-Raid Championship team. [11]

In March 2026, with Alpine set to shutter the WEC division, Famin left the company and took a new role at the Automobile Club de l'Ouest as deputy director. [11] [12]

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.
  11. 1 2 Klein, Jamie (20 March 2026). "Famin Steps Down From Alpine Hypercar Duties". Sportscar365. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "Bruno Famin rejoint l'ACO en tant que Directeur délégué en charge de la compétition". AUTOhebdo (in French). 23 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
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