Brivio joined Alpine firstly of the 2021 season as its racing director in F1, having the earlier yr guided Suzuki to its first MotoGP world championship in 20 years with Joan Mir.
The Italian was moved out of the F1 workforce for the 2022 season, nonetheless, to go its younger driver programme as director of racing growth initiatives.
Brivio’s present contract with Alpine did prolong into subsequent yr, however he and the corporate have agreed mutually to half methods on the finish of 2023.
This transfer comes simply weeks after a report in Speedweek acknowledged he was being lined as much as substitute Alberto Puig as Repsol Honda’s workforce boss in MotoGP.
Honda has been mired in a troublesome interval in MotoGP of late, with it dropping Marc Marquez to Gresini Ducati for 2024, whereas internally it has undergone plenty of senior personnel modifications.
Nonetheless, Motorsport.com understands that Brivio is not going to be a part of Honda in 2024.
“It has been a proud chapter in my motorsport profession to be concerned in Formulation 1 with Alpine,” Brivio stated.
“I wish to thank Alpine for the chance to expertise Formulation 1 which was my want and likewise for the prospect to go on a few of my expertise in motorsport onto its younger drivers within the Alpine Academy.
“I want the workforce and the Academy the very best sooner or later and I am positive we’ll see many younger drivers go on to realize unbelievable issues of their careers.
Davide Brivio
“To play a small half in a few of that success will definitely be one thing I’ll cherish.
“I’m grateful to Alpine for accommodating my want to pursue different alternatives which can (and I hope that they’ll) come up sooner or later.”
Brivio leaving Alpine marks one other important personnel reshuffle throughout the workforce in 2023, which included CEO Laurent Rossi being moved apart to get replaced by Philippe Krief.
Staff boss Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane had been additionally ousted from their roles, whereas chief technical officer Pat Fry left for Williams.
This all got here because the Enstone-based Alpine workforce suffered its worst end within the F1 constructors’ desk since 2017, having slid from fourth in 2022 to sixth.
Alpine has confirmed Julian Rouse will proceed to supervise its Academy programme.
At this stage, it’s unclear what Brivio’s subsequent profession transfer will probably be.
Previous to helming Suzuki from 2013 forward of its return to MotoGP full-time in 2015, Brivio acted as workforce supervisor at Yamaha from 2004 to 2010.
Brivio was instrumental in signing Valentino Rossi from Honda to affix Yamaha from 2004, which in the end resulted in 4 world titles for the marque in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009.
Rossi’s arrival additionally ended Yamaha’s 12-year title drought and returned it to race-winning methods in 2004 having gone with no single victory in 2003 – one thing that would not occur once more till this yr.
