The French team will present its new single-seater for the 2022 Formula 1 season on February 21 at an event in Paris, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Spanish peninsular time.
Alpine will unveil the A522 with which they will try to find the key to be a competitive team and improve the fifth position achieved last year. The Gauls, through a statement, confirmed the presentation date, however, they did not say anything about their plans to put it on the track for the first time.
The confirmation of the opening day of the single-seater on the asphalt came through Esteban Ocon in an interview with Canal+, since the driver from Évreux explained that they would be at Paul Ricard on February 19 to carry out a day of recordings with his sports vehicles, but it would not be until the 22nd when it would be the turn of the A522 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
In addition, his teammate, Fernando Alonso, wanted to encourage his followers with a small message before showing the world the car with which he wants to win his three-time championship.
“Hi, I’m Fernando. I hope you had a good winter break, but now be ready for the Alpine presentation in Paris,” Alonso said in a video posted on the team’s social media.
“I hope you enjoy the car and… it’s fast,” he concluded with a smile on his face.
This means that the French will have 100 kilometers of filming after sacrificing one of the two filming days available to the teams by regulation. Others like Aston Martin or Alfa Romeo have already wasted one of these opportunities to put their single-seaters on the circuit, since the British did it the same day of its presentation at Silverstone, and the Swiss were with the C42 camouflaged at Fiorano.
Ferrari has also been one of the teams that has confirmed its presence on the track, although it would not be with a filming day, but rather a demonstration event, where the teams are allowed to shoot a maximum of 15 kilometers twice. different according to article 8.1.3 of the sports regulations .
