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Mar22024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

After the race in Bahrain, two more key members of the Alpine team resigned

The Alpine team finished the opening race of the 2024 Formula One season in seventeenth and eighteenth place, and in a further shock to the team, technical director Matt Harman and head of aerodynamics, Dirk de Beer, resigned. Last year, the team boss at the time, Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane, lost their jobs, while the then technical director Pat Fry and general manager Laurent Rossi also left the team, and now the fate of the French team hangs in the balance as two more key members leave the team . Harman and de Beer are said to have resigned before the presentation of this year's A524 racing car, which drivers Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon described as "worse than last year's in all areas", and the cancellation period will expire in April this year.

Apr302023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Unbelievable! The F1 race car ran into a wall of photographers before the pit stop

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In the F1 race for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, an incredible situation occurred in the last lap. Esteban Ocon, who drove the entire race on the same set of tires, had to go to the pits to change to a different set according to the rules, and the oncoming racing car surprised a number of journalists and photographers in the pits, who surrounded the pits in anticipation of the winning trio. When the racing cars enter the pits, they drive at a speed of 60 km/h, and the photographers were incredibly lucky to get out of the way of the oncoming racing car in time. It is another of the mistakes of the management and organization of F1 races. https://twitter.com/MattP1Gallagher/status/1652657757286178818

Apr22023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Gasly avoided a penalty for his collision with Ocon and a race ban

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Pierre Gasly was not penalized for his collision with Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon at the Australian Grand Prix, avoiding a very likely ban from the next race due to accumulated penalty points. Almost five hours after a long, chaotic race marked by a record number of red flag stoppages, the Frenchman was relieved, as he already has ten penalty points on his license, and at twelve he would have to miss the next race. The commissioners decided that the collision was an incident in the first lap after the start, so they did not decide on a penalty. Gasly's ban will continue to hang over his head until the end of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as the day after that, on Monday, May 22, his points will be deleted for causing a collision with Lanc Stroll

Apr22023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Gasly for questioning, he is threatened with a ban from the race

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Pierre Gasly could watch the next F1 race from the garages instead of in his car, as the Frenchman was involved in a collision with teammate Esteban Ocon. Both Alpine drivers resigned, and after the race they had to be questioned by the FIA commissioner, which puts Gasly in a dangerous position. If he is punished for causing an accident, he will be able to receive penalty points in addition to the penalty, of which he collected 10 in the period of the previous year, and twelve points will result in the racer being banned from participating in the race.

Feb182023 by Blaž Štremfelj1 How

Simon Jazbec: What's new on the Alpine A523?

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Simon Jazbec: What's new on the Alpine A523? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KotATGWxCk

Feb162023 by Blaž Štremfelj1 How

Alpine presents the A523

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The French team Alpine presented its racing car for the 2023 season called A523, which will be driven by Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly. For the first three races of the season, the team will dress the car completely in the pink color of the main sponsor BWT.

Jan42023 by Blaž Štremfelj1 How

The date of the presentation of the Alpine A1 F523 racing car is known

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The Alpine team has announced the date of the introduction of the racing car for the 2023 season, with the designation A523. The French team, otherwise owned by Renault, will unveil its car on February 16 in London, which is the fourth confirmed date for the introduction of F1 cars of the 2023 season. Alpha Tauri will unveil its colors and team on February 11, Aston Martin on February 13, Ferrari on February 14. https://twitter.com/AlpineF1Team/status/1610652283104018437 Esteban Ocon will race for the team from Enston again this year, for the fourth season, and in the neighboring garage he will be joined by the Frenchman Pierre Gasly, who moved from the Alpha team after 2022 Tauri and will replace Fernando Alonso. Alpine finished fourth among teams last season, winning the unofficial "others" championship for the main actor

Nov212022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Ocon happy to beat fast team rival Alonso

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Esteban Ocon said he can be satisfied at the end of the 2022 season, having collected more points than team rival Fernando Alonso. In 21 seasons in F1, of all Alonso's team-mates, only Jenson Button managed such a feat in the 2015 season, when he and McLaren Mp4-30 collected 16 and 11 points. "It feels really good, Fernando is a very, very fast racer," said Ocon. "I had to show everything I know to be able to finish the season ahead of him and I'm really happy that I did it. The only thing I missed this season is some podiums. But they come in different circumstances, which this year unlike last year, there were none, but I hope that we will have them next year." Alonso, who will already test on Tuesday with the Aston Martin racing car, where he is moving in the 2023 season, raced in Abu Dhabi

October302022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Alonso called for an end to inciting the fans to fight

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Fernando Alonso believes that racers, teams and journalists should come together and try to stop the fights between fans. In a recent interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Alonso spoke about Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen's titles, saying the Dutchman was better than Hamilton on the track last year, making him undoubtedly deserving of the world title. "I respect Lewis, but it's quite different when you win seven world titles when you only have to fight with your team-mate. Those titles have less value than if you have fewer titles that you had to fight with other drivers in the same, or even a better car," Alonso was quoted as saying, with his words upsetting supporters of the seven-time world champion who drive for the Alpine team on social media

October242022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Haas filed a protest against Red Bull and Alpine, Alonso fined

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Fernando Alonso was penalized with a 30-second time penalty for a dangerous hanging and then falling mirror. The Spaniard was involved in a collision with Lanc Stroll during the race, during which he flew into the air and crashed into the guardrails. After the crash, he returned to the pits where the mechanics installed new tires and front wings on the car, while the right mirror was hanging from the car. At Haas, where black and orange flags were issued this year, which means a mandatory stop and replacement of damaged parts, they already considered it a dangerous situation three times, as the mirror later fell off. Alonso was penalized with a 10-second Stop&Go penalty, which was converted into a 30-second penalty after the race. The two-time world champion finished the race in seventh place, but after the penalty he slipped out of the points to fifteenth place, one