Alpine motivates Fernando Alonso with "promising improvements"

Both Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon reaped the first points in the championship for Alpine in Imola. Without a doubt, a great sign if one takes into account the promising expectations of the French team for the following races. And that is precisely what Marcin Budkowski has promised both Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, “promising improvements”. “We have a number of test pieces to evaluate and pending analysis that are underway and that seem promising,” acknowledged the CEO of Alpine after the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. It should be noted that the French team recently revealed that it had had trouble with the wind tunnel. That is why, at the moment, most of the improvements that Alpine is introducing were already planned. “When it comes to reacting, most of the improvements were already planned. You don’t get a front wing done again or things like that in two weeks, it was just our planned improvements, “Marcin Budkowski said.” We are trying very hard to try to improve our performance and it is clear from the number of improvements we brought to Imola. But first of all, we are further behind than we would like to be, so a bit more of a few improvements will be needed, “continued the Pole.” Everyone is going to improve their car, so it’s a relative race. It seems that the car is going to progress with the improvements that we bring, but we have more work to do in the next races to contribute a little more ”, finished Marcin Budkowski.Alpine’s improvements will be more noticeable on other tracks than on Imola Another reason for optimism in the French team is that the improvements they presented at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix should offer better performance on other tracks. “We found some improvements, yes, and they work well, yes. There may be the possibility that perhaps these improvements and these updates will be more useful on other tracks as well, “confessed Davide Brivio in Motorsport. Questioned by the number of improvements they will present in Portimao, the Alpine Competition Director has commented:” I don’t want to say so, but of course we have a number. But I don’t think I want to say any number, so as not to create too many expectations or disappointments. We will see. We have a feeling of improvement. We feel that it is better and that is why we continue forward. ”Fernando Alonso has also promised to improve in Portimao The two-time champion has returned to Formula 1 after two years of absence from the Gran Circo. This is something that Fernando Alonso is accusing, who did not hesitate to criticize himself after the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix: “I have changed teams, or competition, several times, and you always have to go through a period of adaptation. It was never an excuse and it won’t be now. I should have done better, I was not at an adequate level, but I will be in Portimao ”. And, according to the Asturian, he probably needs to improve more than the car. On the other hand, Fernando Alonso is happy with the news that Alpìne presented in Imola: “I think we improved the car from Bahrain to Imola, all the new parts were positive in free practice. The parts we tested showed us that there was an improvement in terms of downforce on the car.Also the balance I think is better compared to Bahrain, with more rear grip. So overall I think we took a step forward in the right direction. ”Alpine and the importance of doing well in 2021 Although the great goal of the French team is in 2022, the year in which they will aspire to fight for victories thanks to the change of regulation, Alpine should not give up this season. Alain Prost, the team’s advisor, spoke about the importance of this. “Everyone talks about 2022, because it is all directed towards then, but to do your best in 2022 you have to have done your best in 2021, even if the cars are not comparable. Team, environment, structure, motivations, synergies at the highest level since 2021 ”, pointed out the four-time champion. On the other hand, Alpine does not give up fighting for third place in the Constructors’ World Championship. However, after the first two races, he is 38 points behind McLaren and 31 points behind Ferrari. At the moment, the French team is seventh in this classification, although it has 2 points to Aston Martin and 5 to AlphaTauri.