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The Alpine car used Renault engines. [22] Renault team boss, Cyril Abiteboul, announced he would leave as Renault transitioned to Alpine. [40] [41] Abiteboul was replaced by Davide Brivio, who previously worked for Suzuki in MotoGP. [42] [43] Alpine's first race ended with Alonso being forced to retire, after debris caused his car to overheat. [44]
A concept racing car Renault Alpine A110-50 at Auto Shanghai 2013. In 2005, Renault was reportedly developing a new Alpine car, codenamed project W16. The concept was a small, mid engine 2+2 SUV based around the design of the Renault Wind concept car. [10] [14] The project never came to fruition.
The A424's engine is said to be a "heavily modified" version of the Mecachrome V634 engine used in the FIA Formula 2 Championship; Alpine confirmed that the car's engine was unrelated to the engine briefly used in the Ginetta G60-LT-P1 LMP1 car in 2018. Dyno tests for the engine were completed on 28 June. [10] The car was first fired up on July 5.
Alpine unveiled the car at a launch event at their factory at Enstone on 7 February 2024, alongside the Alpine A424 sports prototype racing car. [2] [4] It sported a mostly bare carbon livery, with streaks of blue and pink across the car. Two liveries were released, a traditional blue one and a pink one in partnership with title sponsors BWT ...
The Alpine A522 is a Formula One car designed and constructed by the BWT Alpine F1 Team and competed in the 2022 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. The chassis is Alpine's first car under the 2022 technical regulations. [3]
The Alpine A523 is a Formula One racing car designed and constructed by the BWT Alpine F1 Team for the 2023 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by Pierre Gasly , in his first season for the Enstone-based team , and Esteban Ocon .
As of December 2024, the Formula One website states that Alpine F1 Team entered the sport in 1986 (the year Toleman rebranded to Benetton) and has won two Constructors' Championships and twenty-one races (i.e., the combined records of Enstone-era Renault and Alpine, but not including Benetton, Lotus, or pre-Enstone Renault). [8]
Dieppe-based Alpine, once an independent company specialising in faster Renaults, later a Renault subsidiary, established a fine competition history with the Alpine A110 winning the 1973 Monte Carlo Rally and World Rally Championship. The successor was the Alpine A310, initially powered by tuned 17TS/Gordini four-cylinder engine, still rear ...