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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 ...
From the beginning of organised motor sport events, in the early 1900s, until the late 1960s, before commercial sponsorship liveries came into common use, vehicles competing in Formula One, sports car racing, touring car racing and other international auto racing competitions customarily painted their cars in standardised racing colours that indicated the nation of origin of the car or driver.
The Renault Alpine A442 (also known as the Alpine Renault A442 [1]) is a sports prototype racing car, designed and built by Alpine, but funded and powered by Alpine's owners Renault, specifically to contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Variants were entered for the event in 1976, 1977 and 1978.
The first official rallying Manufacturers' Champion was Alpine-Renault. On seventeen occasions the Manufacturers' Champion team has not contained the World Drivers' Champion for a given season. In the 45 seasons the Championship has been awarded, only 13 different manufacturers have won it; Lancia being the most successful, with 10 titles ...
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]