After a season of transition and adaptation for Alpine and especially for a Fernando Alonso who returned to the category after two years away from Formula 1, in this 2022 the French team wants to take a step forward in all aspects.
The arrival of the new technical regulations represents a great opportunity for all the teams on the grid and, despite the fact that the big teams are expected to continue at the top of the standings, other teams such as Alpine could cause a surprise if they hit the nail on the head.
One of the key aspects for this 2022 will be the power unit, which will be frozen until 2026 once the season begins. For that reason, Renault , motorist of the Alpine, decided to completely redesign an engine that until now had not been very competitive.
After his first two days on the track in the pre-season tests that take place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the Spanish driver from the Enstone structure was very positive about the step forward of the renewed Renault engine.
“We have made a good step forward in terms of power with our new engine. I hope we will be competitive at the level of the others.”
“But we have lost performance with the new gasoline, so this factor will also have to be taken into account when talking about engine performance,” added the Spaniard.
On another of the controversies of recent weeks, the dismissal of Michael Masi from the position of Formula 1 race director after all the controversy of the last Abu Dhabi Grand Prix of 2021, Alonso also wanted to comment and defended the role of the Australian .
“Michael has always tried to protect us drivers. Sometimes the decisions have been good and others not so good, but facing several cases alone has not been easy at all,” he said to finish #14.
Tomorrow, Fernando Alonso will return to the asphalt of Montmeló in the morning to drive his last four hours in these pre-season tests in Barcelona, leaving the relay in the afternoon to his teammate Esteban Ocon, who will have the last sensations of the A522 before disembarking within two weeks in Sakhir, where the last three days of testing and the first race of the season will take place.
