Oliver Oakes

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: 11 January 1988

Place of Birth: Norwich, United Kingdom

Oliver Oakes is Team Principal of BWT Alpine Formula One Team based at Enstone. Oliver became the second youngest Team Principal in Formula 1 history when he took the job in August 2024. He works closely with Executive Advisor Flavio Briatore on the management and other strategic matters relating to the Team.

Motorsport has been a seminal part of Oliver’s life since a young age. He embarked on a racing career of his own from a young age in karting, becoming British Open Champion at 11 years old and World Champion in 2005 at 17 years old before turning his hand to single-seaters in 2005 as part of the Red Bull Academy.

After five years in various single-seater categories, team management beckoned for Oliver. Like his own racing career, Oliver eventually went down the single-seater route, launching Hitech in the 2016 in FIA Formula 3 European Championship. Hitech impressively finished second in the team’s standings in their first season under Oliver’s leadership. He continued to expand Hitech into a well-established squad, where they remain competitive in global single-seater categories from FIA Formula 4, 3 and 2, and has worked with a variety of young drivers and F1 academies.

In 2024, during the Belgian Grand Prix, Oliver was announced as BWT Alpine Formula One Team’s Team Principal, progressing the Team from ninth in the Constructors’ Championship to sixth place in the second part of the season.