Veteran former Ferrari Formula 1 race engineer Dave Greenwood is to officially take up a fulltime role as Alpine's racing director in January. Greenwood has latterly been working for Hitech as the right hand man of boss Oliver Oakes, and he has been overseeing the F2...
The Alpine F1 team has confirmed that Esteban Ocon drove his last race for the Enstone team in Qatar and will be replaced by Jack Doohan at this weekend's Abu Dhabi GP. The team says that "the change allows Esteban to be released to Haas to drive in the post-season...
Esteban Ocon will hand his Alpine Formula 1 seat to 2025 race driver Jack Doohan for the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi - with the arrangement understood to be confirmed as early as Monday, once it has been formally agreed by all parties. In essence the swap is...
Alpine Formula 1 executive technical director David Sanchez admits that the team’s recent jump up the grid after a series of upgrades has been “a nice surprise.” Sanchez says the team knew that it was improving the car but didn’t know how successfully the changes...
Alpine has confirmed that FIA F2 frontrunner Paul Aron will be its reserve driver in 2025, replacing the promoted Jack Doohan. The 20-year-old Estonian currently races for the Hitech team founded by Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes. Aron, who was a Mercedes junior...
Pierre Gasly says his retirement from the Las Vegas GP was “a slap in the face” for his Alpine Formula 1 team after he stunned the pitlane by qualifying third. The Frenchman lost places to quicker cars in the early laps but he was still set for a healthy haul of...
Pierre Gasly says that securing third place on the grid for the Las Vegas GP was an “absolutely incredible” achievement for his Enstone team. The result came just a few weeks after Gasly joined his team mate Esteban Ocon on the podium at Interlagos. Gasly showed good...
Fred Vasseur says that Ferrari didn’t want to “fight” the FIA on the clampdown on skid blocks contained in a recent technical directive. The Italian outfit was one of several teams that has had to make changes to meet the clarification issued by the FIA, and which...
Pierre Gasly says his record of not sustaining any crash damage with his Alpine A524 Formula 1 car this season is “a great stat” and important for the Enstone team. Damage has become a key factor in the budget cap era as teams have to account for all parts used over...
The Alpine Formula 1 team has formally confirmed that it will use Mercedes power units and gearboxes from 2026 until at least the end of the next set of regulations in 2030. In effect the Enstone team is taking over the deals that will be abandoned by Aston Martin...
Pierre Gasly says the latter stages of the Sao Paulo GP “felt like an eternity” as he successfully fended off the challenge of George Russell on his way to third place. Gasly started only 13th after getting caught by the same red flag as Max Verstappen in Q2. Up to...
Esteban Ocon says that leading the Sao Paulo GP was “a special moment” and that ultimately losing the lead to Max Verstappen was “a reality check”. Ocon was fast from the start of Sunday’s delayed wet qualifying session at Interlagos and took P4 on the final grid. The...
Esteban Ocon and Nico Hulkenberg have both been confirmed as being released to drive for their future employers in the post-season Abu Dhabi Pirelli test in December. Haas team boss Ayao Komatsu has said that the Frenchman will have his first taste of the Haas VF-24....
Alpine Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly admits that he had “a lucky escape” at the start of the Mexico City GP after emerging from the Yuki Tsunoda/Alex Albon incident intact. Gasly made wheel-to-wheel contact with Albon just as the Williams driver was clipped by...
Pierre Gasly missed pipping Kevin Magnussen to P7 on the grid in Mexico City by only 0.006s after his Alpine ran out of battery power just before the line. The Frenchman thus had to settle for eighth place, having qualified seventh last week in Austin. Two strong...
Pierre Gasly says that his Alpine Formula 1 team didn’t “execute the race in the best way” after tumbling out of a potential top 10 finishing position in the US GP. Having qualified an unexpected seventh Gasly gained a further place on the grid when George Russell was...
