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Alpine presented this Monday in Paris the new A522, which maintains the blue color, now combined with the pink colors of BWT, the team's recently announced main sponsor for 2022. During the presentation,
Fernando Alonso
assured that the team has "made a good development " to adapt to the new regulation.
"It's good to be back and I've been working hard to be ready for the new season. The preparation has been long after the regulation change was delayed (from 2021 to 2022) due to the pandemic," said the Spaniard, who in 2021 he achieved a podium, at the Qatar Grand Prix.
Alonso believes that "the car looks fantastic with the new regulations" and he "likes the new livery", in which the color pink is incorporated with a majority presence along with the usual Alpine blue for the sponsorship of BWT.
“We have a new engine and we are sure we have done a good development for this new generation of cars. practice this week (in Barcelona).
I hope that the new regulations have worked and that we will have more exciting races this year
," he added.
His teammate is again the Frenchman
Esteban Ocon
, winner of the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix and who was "very excited, of course, not only to see the A522 for the first time, but to drive it for the first time this week" .
"It's always a privilege to drive a new Formula One car for the first time as you know all the hard work that has gone into behind the scenes at the two factories in Enstone and Viry, by all the talented people who work at the different departments," Ocon said.
"Are we heading in the right direction"
The presentation of the new single-seater was led by Alpine CEO
Laurent Rossi,
Groupe Renault CEO
Luca de Meo
, as well as newly appointed team boss
Otmar Szafnauer
, who wants to be "a powerful glue that unites all the pieces" of the equipment.
Rossi assured that the team "is now stronger" and hopes that "it is prepared for the future".
“Our driver line-up is the perfect recipe to help deliver the results we want to achieve on track. In 2022 we want to show steady progress with comprehensive developments across all sites to ensure we are a title contender going forward. right direction and we want to keep climbing to the top," he said.
The Enstone factory technical cadre will be led by
Pat Fry
as technical director and
Matt Harman
.
At Viry-Châtillon,
Bruno Famin
will act as CEO of Alpine Racing, in charge of maximizing engine performance and its integration into the chassis.
Oscar Piastri
, also present at the event, is the team's official reserve driver for 2022 after graduating from the Alpine Academy last year.
The Australian driver won the FIA Formula 2 championship in 2021.
Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon will drive the A522 for the first time on
a filming day this Tuesday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
, before embarking on the first pre-season tests since Wednesday, on this very stage.
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