Pierre Gasly scored his and Alpine’s first point since the Dutch Grand Prix back in August as he finished 10th in the Mexico GP on Sunday afternoon. Starting P8, he was overtaken by Nico Hülkenberg at the start, and he would be passed by Oscar Piastri later in the race as the McLaren came through….
After a stunning performance during Saturday’s qualifying session, BWT Alpine F1 Team’s Pierre Gasly will start Sunday’s Mexico Grand Prix race from P8. This will be the Frenchman’s second consecutive race start from within the Top 10 having started the United States Grand Prix race from P6 after Mercedes’ George Russell was required to start…
Ahead of the 2024 Mexico Grand Prix, Ciaron Pilbeam, technical director of performance at the BWT Alpine F1 Team spoke about the team’s recent upgrades to Pierre Gasly’s A524 which saw the French driver qualify seventh at the United States Grand Prix, ahead of the likes of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, Haas’ Kevin Magnussen, and…
Co-author: James O’Connor After enduring a difficult Sprint race that saw him finish 14th, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly is surprised by the dramatic turnaround during the qualifying session that took him into seventh for Sunday’s main race. The Frenchman was very pleased with the turnaround in such a limited amount of time during a Sprint weekend….
Alpine have two Grand Prix winners in their cars but 2024 to date has not seen the team’s French drivers being given a car which would demonstrate what they are capable of. Instead, Alpine finds themselves P9 in this year’s constructors’ Championship on 13 points. Williams Racing are just 3 points ahead in P8 –…
Back in June, Esteban Ocon announced that he would part ways with the Enstone-based team, and it was eventually confirmed at Spa he would be joining Haas from 2025 onwards as Pit Debrief revealed earlier that month. It has not been a fun season for the Frenchman after only scoring five points so far, but…
As Alpine continues to struggle on circuit, the team is going through crisis after crisis off it. As the Viry factory will cease operations as an F1 engine manufacturer at the end of 2025, as well as the Team Principal position changing hands three times in as many years, Renault’s CEO Luca De Meo is…
Co-Author: Syrine Ferchichi Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault Group, has explained the rationale behind Renault’s decision to cease development of their F1 engine by 2026, confirming that Alpine will instead source power units from Mercedes. While this move guarantees jobs at Viry-Châtillon, it signifies a strategic shift for the company. “We became invisible,” de…
Alpine continue to be nowhere close to their expected goals for this season. As a usual midfield contender, the team sit all the way down in 9th in the Constuctors’ Championship. To add, the team has also gone through multiple off-track changes, such as a change in the Team Principal role once again, and the…
Alpine has announced the creation of Hypertech Alpine, a new high-tech engineering centre based in Viry-Châtillon, marking a significant step forward in the company’s drive for high-performance automotive development. This centre is set to begin operations by late 2024 and will serve as a crucial element in Alpine and Renault Group’s future projects. It will…
