Alpine will have an upgrade package ready for next week's Bahrain F1 race - and says it is confident about its prospects going into the new season.
did not feature that high on timing screens over the three-day pre-season test in Sakhir as the team focused on longer runs and experimentation with its A523, deciding not to run with low fuel or use the softest tyres in Pirelli’s range.
“We have a level of confidence,” he said. “Of course we do, because we're clearly not running the car at its full potential. “We've tried some quite interesting different developments this week, and they've proved to be quite positive. So we're looking forward to the first race.”Team principal Otmar Szafnauer agreed that testing had shown some promise and that was cautiously optimistic.
“And then moving forward with what we learned this week to not only improve the car for the first race itself, but also with development we know we want to be aggressive, as we were last year, if not more so.”was notable for regularly bringing new parts to the car, while others did fewer but larger packages, with Harman hopeful the team can do the same this year.
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