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David Sanchez joins Alpine F1 Team as Executive Technical Director

BWT Alpine F1 Team officially announced that David Sanchez will be joining the French based team as Executive Technical Director. He will be responsible of the Performance, Engineering, and Aerodynamic areas of the team.   The Frenchman started his motorsport career as a junior aerodynamicist at Renault F1 Team back in 2005 and has only…

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Alpine brings floor update to F1 Chinese GP “one race earlier than planned”, only available for one car

As Alpine’s struggles continue, the French team is throwing everything at trying to improve the A524. The Enstone-based squad remains one of the 3 teams without a single point through the first four races of the season. They sit dead last in the standings as the team has the lowest finishes of the pointless teams….

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Ocon laments horrible F1 Japanese GP race pace for Alpine: “The first step backwards since Bahrain”

There’s something every F1 fan can agree on: Alpine has been having a terrible season so far. From car issues in Jeddah that saw Pierre Gasly DNF on the first lap to being backmarkers the past four races, the Enstone-based team has been struggling. And according to Esteban Ocon, the Japanese Grand Prix was a…

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Alpine boss Famin banking on developments to save 2024 F1 season: “We have a quite clear idea of what are the problems”

Alpine has had an extremely difficult start to the year. After being in no man’s land and finishing in 6th place in the constructors’ championship last year despite 2 Grand Prix podiums, the French outfit hoped they could rise higher and compete for bigger points regularly. However, the team is in freefall, and they are…

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Alpine F1 announces restructuring of their technical organisation following exits of Harman and De Beer

Following confirmation over the weekend that Matt Harman and Dirk de Beer would be leaving Alpine, the Enstone-based has announced a reshuffle of their technical organisation.It has been a shocking start to the 2024 F1 season for Alpine. They had the slowest car in qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix, and both Ocon and Gasly…

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Alpine F1 have work to do after ‘solid three-day test’ provides more questions than answers and Gasly claiming “I don’t think we look great”

Alpine’s Team Principal Bruno Famin claimed Alpine have had ‘a solid three-day test’ and that they’ve focused on themselves. That is probably a good thing because if they were comparing the A524 to other cars on display they would see that it looks very much as if Alpine are going to be battling near the…

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Alpine’s team principal says that their failed initial F1 crash test shows desire to improve

Bruno Famin, boss of Alpine Formula 1, has stated that the team’s ambitions have been proven by the failed crash tests this winter, so there’s no need to be upset about failing on the first try.  Technical director Matt Harman said that the only carry-over component from last season was the steering wheel, as the Enstone-based…

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