Pierre Gasleynineth; Esteban Ocon, abandoning after an infinity of sanctions. Alpine disappointed at the Formula 1 premiere in Bahrain. The team promised a lot, which was optimistic despite the bad times in the tests, but the bad feelings were confirmed.
Despite this, at Alpine they continue to say that their car has a lot of potential. And they go further. laurent rossiexecutive director, has stated that the Renault engine is only one tenth the fastest on the grid.
This has been indicated in the F1 podcast: “We have the power unit in a position much better than in the past and even if you are not going to win a World Cup because of those elements, you can lose it”.
“With the performance it gave us in previous years, we could not aspire to anything more than fifth place, it did not integrate well with the chassis. The new one is very good, we are at one tenth of the best“, stated Rossi, who does not want to throw in the towel after the first race of the year.
You think it’s an advantage to have your own engine, unlike others client computers: “When you have a problem, it’s scary, you need a group focused only on the client team. You have to divide your structure in two and for us, it was more important to focus on ourselves and you’ve already seen it.”
“You can have three times more information, but also triple the trouble, so you have to be careful what you wish for. In our case, we have already begun to consider the option of the clients, but it is not something necessary”, has sentenced Rossi.
Alpine spoke more than a year ago of his 100 race plan to be Formula 1 champions. Almost 25 have already passed and the team is further from the lead than in the past.
