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

Ewout Albrecht9 months ago9 months ago05 mins

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.

Ocon and Gasly on whether a McLaren-style turnaround is possible for Alpine amid early season F1 woes: “It’s not an easy thing to do”

Magdalena Put10 months ago10 months ago011 mins

Alpine’s downturn in performance has been one of the biggest surprises of the season so far. Much like McLaren in the early rounds of the 2023 season, Alpine has found itself struggling to extract performance out of its sluggish and reportedly overweight car. Qualifying in the two lowest spots on the grid and subsequently failing…

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

Luciano Calamante10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

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…

Alpine F1 Team grapples with key team resignations amidst early season struggles

Rachel Stephens10 months ago10 months ago04 mins

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…

“Super important” to keep the team motivated and to stay “patient” — Ocon and Gasly after nightmare F1 Bahrain GP qualifying for Alpine

James O'Connor10 months ago10 months ago07 mins

Photo Credit: BWT Alpine F1 Team

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

Lucrezia Costa10 months ago10 months ago07 mins

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…

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”

David Coath10 months ago10 months ago010 mins

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…

F1 Testing Bahrain 2024: Fastest laps for each driver, total laps completed by every team

James O'Connor10 months ago10 months ago04 mins

Photo Credit: Scuderia Ferrari

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

Melis Öktür11 months ago11 months ago05 mins

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…