otmar szafnauer promise that AlpineIt would be at the top of the table and it has been fulfilled. The French team already leads a classification, although it is not the one they would like.
After seven races, They are by far the team that has caused the most damage to their cars, with a total of $2,236,000and on average, each grand prize costs them $320,000 in damage.
Much of the destruction suffered by the Enstone team came in theAustralian Grand Prixin which Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasleythey hit each other at the start and they ended up destroying the two cars.
They beat the next team by half a million, williamswhich suffered most of the damage also in Australia with the accidents of Alex Albón in the ranking and logan sergeant In race.
At the opposite pole areAston Martin, Mercedesand alfa romeo, which are the teams that have suffered the least damage. The Silverstone team has only spent $615,000 in repairs, that is, more than a million and a half has been saved compared to Alpine.
In the driver classification, Pierre Gasly is the one who has cost his team the most money, with 1.4 million dollars. they follow him Alex Albón andSergio Perezwhich have also caused losses worth more than a ‘kilo’. Esteban Ocon is the fifth driver who has caused the most damagewith $850,000.
As for the Spanish pilots, Carlos Sainz ranks seventh with $670,000while Fernando Alonso is fifteenth, with just over $200,000caused by the breakage of the flat bottom in the classification of the Spanish Grand Prix and the touch with Sainz at the start of Australia.
Damage will have consequences
These expenses will directly affect the performance of the equipment. The budget ceiling of 135 million euros imposed on the teams by regulation greatly restricts the room for maneuver of the teams, so all these expenses will limit the development of the cars in the second half of the season.
