Alpine F1 Team Rules Out Mick Schumacher Driving F1 Car Due to WEC Contract

Alpine F1 Team Rules Out Mick Schumacher Driving F1 Car Due to WEC Contract

The Alpine F1 Team has ruled out the possibility of Mick Schumacher driving an F1 car due to his WEC (FIA World Endurance Championship) contract. Schumacher, who has been away from the front lines for a year as a Mercedes F1 reserve, will compete in WEC races this year with Alpine in the A424 hypercar … Read more

Alpine F1 Team Denied Request to Improve Renault Engine Performance

Alpine F1 Team Denied Request to Improve Renault Engine Performance

The Alpine F1 team appealed to the FIA ​​(Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) to allow the Renault engine to improve its performance, but was rejected. Under current rules, engine performance for F1 power unit manufacturers Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and Honda is frozen. Work is permitted to resolve reliability issues and thereby improve performance, but direct modifications … Read more

Alpine Earns Points in Qatar as Ocon Struggles with Extreme Heat

Alpine Earns Points in Qatar as Ocon Struggles with Extreme Heat

In Qatar, Alpine earned six points thanks to Esteban Ocon’s seventh place finish. After the finish, the French driver spoke in detail about how bad he felt behind the wheel due to the extreme heat. His teammate Pierre Gasly received three five-second penalties for trespassing and finished the race in twelfth place. Esteban Ocon (7th): … Read more

Fernando Alonso Criticizes Alpine’s Treatment and Lack of Appreciation

Fernando Alonso Criticizes Alpine’s Treatment and Lack of Appreciation

Spa announced the dismissal of Otmar Szafnauer as Alpine team leader. Aston Martin racer Fernando Alonso, in an interview for BBC Sport, which was recorded at the stage in Belgium before the news of the change in leadership, said that Alpine did not appreciate his contribution to the development of the team, and last year … Read more

Esteban Ocon Finishes 8th in Turmoil-Filled Belgian Grand Prix

Esteban Ocon Finishes 8th in Turmoil-Filled Belgian Grand Prix

Esteban Ocon of the Alpine F1 team finished 8th in the final of the 2023 F1 Round 13 Belgian Grand Prix. The Alpine F1 team, which had finished in the last two races at Nopont, announced the retirement of Othmar Szafauer (Team Principal), Alan Permane (Sports Director) and Pat Frye (Chief Technical Officer) just before … Read more

“Fernando Alonso Takes a Swipe at Ex-Teammate Esteban Ocon”

Fernando Alonso has poked fun at ex-Alpine F1 teammate Esteban Ocon. The 41-year-old former two-time champion is enjoying his second competitive spring of 2023, racking up podiums behind a dominant Red Bull squad. Despite his reputation as a troublemaker within the team, Alonso supports teammate Lance Stroll, son of Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll. Alonso … Read more

Alpine F1 leaders explain the true meaning of Ocon as an “excellent second driver”[F1-Gate.com]

Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has revealed that he once described Esteban Ocon as “an excellent second driver” and claimed the Frenchman has now turned into a true team leader. Ocon joined Renault in 2020 after spending a year as Mercedes reserve. Racing alongside Daniel Ricciardo that year, he struggled in the early stages of the … Read more

Alpine F1 team “I do not know the true pace of the relative A523 yet”[F1-Gate.com]

Alpine ‘doesn’t know real pace’ after troubles in Bahrain F1 weekend Alpine F1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer says both drivers had a difficult weekend at the F1 Bahrain GP So, he says that he does not yet know how competitive the 2023 F1 machine “A523” will be. Alpine F1 Team’s form was one of the … Read more

Pierre Gasly, Alpha Tauri and Alpine F1 machines are “completely different”[F1-Gate.com]

Pierre Gasly admits Alpine F1 Team needs to be vigilant against rivals chasing fourth place in 2023, and believes it may need to keep an eye on Aston Martin in particular.In Bahrain In pre-season testing, many were impressed by the Aston Martin F1, with Fernando Alonso in charge of most of the laps for the … Read more