Oliver Oakes handed in his resignation as Alpine System 1 group principal simply days after his brother was arrested within the UK, it has been revealed.
The Telegraph has reported that William Oakes was arrested in Silverstone final Thursday and charged with “transferring prison property”. The police discovered him in possession of a considerable amount of money.
Each William and Oliver Oakes are listed as administrators within the Hitech Grand Prix group that operates in System 2 and System 3, amongst different collection.
Oliver Oakes resigned from Alpine after brother arrested
“William Oakes, 31, of Rugby was charged with transferring prison property on Friday, Could 2 after he was stopped within the Silverstone Park space in Northamptonshire on Thursday, Could 1, 2025 in possession of a considerable amount of money. He appeared earlier than Northampton Magistrates’ on Saturday, Could 3, and remanded in custody,” a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police stated.
Oliver Oakes used to run the Hitech group in junior formulae earlier than touchdown a task at Alpine’s F1 group across the summer time break final 12 months.
He resigned from his Alpine publish on Tuesday night, resulting in hypothesis concerning the circumstances of his exit.
The rumours had been fuelled by Alpine benching its authentic 2025 driver signing Jack Doohan for the following six races to judge the potential of reserve driver Franco Colapinto.
The information about William Oakes’ arrest lends credence to Alpine’s declare that the explanations for Oliver Oakes’ departure had been “not associated to the group and are of a private nature”.
The older of the Oakes brothers is reported to have flown to Dubai following final weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, his ultimate race as Alpine’s group boss.
