Alpine He never tires of sending optimistic messages despite his disastrous start to the season. A regular already of the team and in particular of otmar szafnauerwho is always optimistic despite the results of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.
In Australia it ended in disaster: its two pilots colliding on the track after the restart and ending up against the wall. Zero points, destroyed cars and a more than forced message on networks from the two drivers.
And despite everything, Szafnauer has stated in ‘Auto Motor und Sport’ that they can develop like the big teams: “We believe that we can at least keep up with the development rate of Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin”.
“It’s still not a problem for him. budget limitalthough the accident cost us dearly and has changed priorities”, explains the former boss of Fernando Alonso.
Of course, in Alpine they doubt if the improvements will arrive in Baku due to that accident of their two pilots: “We need spare parts for Baku. You don’t rebuild things like a front wing in a fortnight. We have to see if that will influence whether we can bring our development package to the full.”
Since the first day of the championship, Alpine has been adamant that Baku would be a litmus test for them. Yet now the upgrade package is in question. It’s all bad news for them… and the optimistic messages don’t stop coming.
