The Formula 1 team is adrift in a sea of mediocrity—and its latest actions ensure it will stay firmly planted there.
Alpine F1 sits sixth in the Constructors’ Championship, 57 point behind fifth-place McLaren.
It has been a year since Alpine was thrust into the center of the Formula 1 news cycle when Fernando Alonso upped sticks and left for Aston Martin before prospective replacementAlpine’s management took digs at the pair, unfairly questioning the loyalty of youngster Piastri, as attack proved its best form of defence. It was a complex situation but Alpine succeeded in losing a two-time world champion and its highly-rated protégé in one swoop.
It has instead been leapfrogged by Aston Martin, which has firmly joined the battle for second-best behind the runaway Red Bulls, and has been overtaken by a resurgent McLaren.Alpine is sixth in the Constructors’ Championship, facing a 57-point deficit to fifth-place McLaren, the same advantage it has over seventh-placed Williams.
“I had a timeline in mind for changing the team, making it better,” said Szafnauer, who only joined from Aston Martin in advance of the 2022 season, as quoted byVerstappen Maintains Unbeaten Run In Belgium “We were not on the same line… on the timeline to recover the level… or to reach the level of performance we are aiming for,” Famin confirmed.Alpine is not going to be fighting for a title before the 2025-26 timeframe outlined by Szafnauer. It is hard to know whether the belief it can be accelerated is arrogance or delusion—or a combination of both—and whether the corporates higher up at Renault have ever looked at how successful Formula 1 teams are forged.
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