One F1 team counts the likes of Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and Rory McIlroy among its celebrity investors.

Rory McIlroy is among the many celebrity investors at Alpine F1 (Image: Getty)

An investment company which brought a swathe of sporting stars to Formula 1 as part-owners of the Alpine team is reportedly considering selling its stake. Otro Capital was part of a consortium which purchased nearly a quarter of the Enstone-based squad in 2023.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, actors and famously also the owners of Wrexham AFC, also took part of that 24 percent stake in the team through their own company Maximum Effort Investments. But they were not the only ones bringing star power to the ownership as Otro arrived with some big-name investors of their own.

Among those involved in the investment were superstar golfer Rory McIlroy, boxing champion Anthony Joshua, Real Madrid footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold, former Manchester United star Juan Mata, who now plays in the Australian A-League with Melbourne Victory, and a couple of Kansas City Chiefs talismen in the form of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce.

But it seems that raft of superstar investors may not have a long-term future as part of the ownership group. According to Sports Business Journal, Otro Capital has held “preliminary discussions about selling its stake” in the Alpine team, which was valued at around £685million by their purchase two years ago.

F1 continues to increase in popularity among audiences around the world and the valuations of teams have continues to rise as a result. It was recently reported that Red Bull declined an offer worth around £1.75billion for its junior squad Racing Bulls, while fellow midfield side Haas are also understood to have rebuffed multiple 10-figure offers this year.

If Otro did decide to cash in, they would almost certainly make a handsome profit on their share of the consortium’s £165million investment in the summer of 2023. The report adds that talks over a sale “are not believed to be at an advanced stage”, while it is also unclear whether Reynolds and McElhenney, or RedBird Capital Partners who also made up part of the consortium, are looking to sell.

Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are also investors in Alpine (Image: Getty)

Alpine sit rock bottom of the constructors’ championship having scored just 20 points all season, just one-third of the total managed by Sauber, the team directly above them in the standings. Their poor performance this year is explained in part by a decision not to develop their car and instrad focus all their resources on the 2026 season, when they will also race with new Mercedes power units rather than the current Renault engines which are underpowered compared to those of their rivals.

They are yet to communicate a decision over their 2026 driver line-up, with Pierre Gasly locked in after signing a contract extension earlier this year but Franco Colapinto’s future not yet secure having failed to score a point so far in 2025. However, it has been reported that a decision to retain the Argentine driver is expected and could be confirmed before next weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix.