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Ocon: Alpine’s performance in F1 Australian GP “definitely a step up” compared to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia

It seems that the woes continue for Alpine. When there seems to be the slightest hope of a first points finish of the season, especially with Max Verstappen and the two Mercedes drivers retiring from the race, misfortune fell their way. That’s exactly what happened to Esteban Ocon this past weekend at the Australian Grand…

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Ocon says it’s “very clear” what Alpine needs to improve after running in traffic during F1 Saudi Arabian GP

Alpine has an underwhelming start of the 2024 season, to put it mildly. Completely off the pace in Bahrein the only reason they didn’t finish last was due to the misfortune of Logan Sargeant and Valtteri Bottas. A week later in Jeddah it wasn’t much better, as Pierre Gasly had to retire after one lap. Esteban Ocon managed to stay ahead of a few cars, but was helped by Kevin Magnussen severely dropping the pace to help his Haas-teammate Nico Hülkenberg.

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‘Positive changes’ at Alpine F1 despite surprise departures of Harman and De Beer, says Gasly

Alpine driver Pierre Gasly said the team is undergoing “positive changes” despite the resignation from technical director Matt Harman and aerodynamicist Dirk de Beer. The French team had a rough start to the 2024 Formula 1 season after drivers Esteban Ocon and Gasly finished P17 and P18 respectively. Alpine expected degraded performance after introducing a…

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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 Team grapples with key team resignations amidst early season struggles

The 2024 Formula 1 season has only begun but Alpine F1 Team is dealing with a whirlwind of challenges, including resignations from vital members of the team. Not only did the team display a poor performance at the season opener in Bahrain, but their technical director Matt Harman and head of aerodynamics Dirk de Beer…

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We have “a lot to learn” and need to “be patient” — Alpine drivers refuse to write off 2024 F1 season after bad Bahrain test

2024 so far has not been going according to Alpine’s plans. After many early reports of failed crash tests and radical changes to the package following a disappointing 2023 where they were a distant P6, the A524 rolled out for its first official outing of the year last week. It wasn’t an easy pre-season test…

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