Alpine have change into the fourth Formulation 1 group to announce the launch plans for his or her 2023 automobile. They’ll current the brand new A523 on February sixteenth.
The launch will happen in London. Will probably be Alpine’s third F1 automobile for the reason that rebranding of the Renault group forward of the 2021 season, when it took on the identify of its sister sports activities automobile model.
The French-owned, British-based group rose to fourth place within the constructors’ championship final yr, regardless of failing to repeat the win they scored in 2021. Their greatest end result was solely a fourth place, achieved by Esteban Ocon on the Japanese Grand Prix, however they scored in 19 races out of twenty-two and had each automobiles end within the factors on 11 events.
Ocon shall be partnered this season by Pierre Gasly, who joins the group from AlphaTauri after Fernando Alonso left for Aston Martin.
There’ll nonetheless be continuity within the administration of Alpine this yr, with a number of adjustments to how the group is run having been made because it turned Alpine. Otmar Sazfnauer will proceed to be group principal, and is now one of many longest serving in F1 regardless of solely beginning his job in February 2022, whereas Pat Fry is chief technical officer and Matt Harman is technical director.
The group is but to announce who their reserve driver shall be. Oscar Piastri was initially anticipated to proceed in position earlier than he was supplied a race seat because the substitute of Alonso. Nevertheless he rejected that seat and left for McLaren, who he’ll now make his F1 debut with.
As a substitute, Piastri’s fellow Australian Jack Doohan is the main contender to be Alpine reserve. The Formulation 2 racer has already examined with the group and appeared in an F1 follow session, and is a part of the Alpine Academy.
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