BWT Alpine F1 Team has appointed David Sanchez as executive technical director.

In the newly created role, Sanchez will oversee the technical department based at the team's Enstone, England, headquarters and will have overall responsibility of the performance, engineering and aerodynamic areas of the team.  

He will manage the three key areas that fall under the recently announced three-pillared technical structure, with technical directors Ciaron Pilbeam (performance), Joe Burnell (engineering) and David Wheater (aerodynamics) all reporting to him.

Sanchez will report directly to Bruno Famin, team principal and VP, Alpine Motorsports.

For more information, visit alpine-cars.co.uk.