Alpine hints at the color of its F1 car for the 2022 season

The Alpine team announced that they would be changing their name and colors for the 2022 Formula 1 season after signing a sponsorship deal with Austrian water treatment systems manufacturing company BWT .

The French announced that their next single-seater, which will be presented on February 21, will have pink tones, although it is more than likely that they will keep the blue color as the one that predominates in the A522 of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon.

In a post on his social networks, Alpine gave some details of what his shades will be in the car. It is a photograph in which a bodybuilder is seen with a paint gun in his hand; there’s electric blue paint on the canister, and details on the gun hose and worker’s outfit pretty close to the pink they might wear.

The Enstone outfit will officially be renamed the BWT Alpine F1 Team , and as they themselves stated, it is a “long-term strategic partnership”. In this way, the Gauls become an important partner for the coming years, inheriting him from Aston Martin, after BWT joined Force India (later Racing Point) in 2017 and then stayed with them in 2021. The manufacturer and left to remember several cars with totally pink decoration in the stage in which they were still Racing Point.

Alpine is undergoing an internal restructuring of the entire organization chart. First was the departure of Marcin Budkowski, and then came Alain Prost’s non-renewal of his advisory position, something that shocked the paddock due to the union that the four-time champion had with his country’s team.

A few weeks later, the change in the role of some important members was confirmed, such as Pat Fry, who became the technical chief, or Matt Harman, who became his substitute as technical director.

In addition to this, Laurent Rossi, CEO of Alpine, said that the intention of the French is to win the title in 2024 or 2025, that is, in around 100 grand prix, although for this they will have to progress and leave the fifth place they achieved in last year, with a victory, that of Esteban Ocon in Hungary, and a podium, that of Fernando Alonso in Qatar.

Photos: pink cars at the races; what will the Alpine be like?

Mücke Motorsport’s Sophia Flörsch’s F4 ran in pink, also by BWT…

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This was Lucas Auer’s Mercedes with Mücke Motorsport in the 2016 DTM, by the same sponsor…

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In the Indianapolis 500, Pippa Mann also drove a pink car

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Susie Wolff, then Stoddart, used this color on her Mercedes AMG C-Coupe in the 2012 DTM with Persson Motorsport

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Alex Lloyd, also in the Indianapolis 500 (2009) was in pink

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Pink has a certain tradition in NASCAR: this was Nationwide’s Kyle Busch’s car at Richmond in 2010

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October is often the month of the color pink: Robby Gordon in Kansas City 2011…

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…o Matt Kenseth en Charlotte 2011…

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…and Danica Patrick at Charlotte in 2011, all in the NASCAR Cup Series.

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But not only in the Cup, but also in the Nationwide Series: Elliott Sadler and…

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…Travis Pastrana in Charlotte in 2011

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And Matt Kenseth, behind the wheel of his “Pink Panther”, in Victory Lane

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Also Ricky Stenhouse Jr in his Roush Fenway Racing Ford at Martinsville 2014…

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…Y Von Greg Biffle.

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Katherine Legge drove in the 2006 ChampCar season in a pink car and…

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…later at Surfers Paradise in 2007 and…

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…in Sonoma 2012 his IndyCar also had pink details

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The #35 Oak Racing Pescarolo-Judd of Jacques Nicolet, Frederic Da Rocha and Patrice Lafargue at Le Mans 2010

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In Talladega, Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle in action, both wearing pink

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In Formula 1, Noritake Takahara drove a partly pink car at Fuji in 1977…

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… a bit far-fetched, but pink also appeared on the 1986 Benetton…

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… a little more prominent Brabham pink in some 1992 races, and …

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…Jaguar at the 2004 Monaco GP wore its logo in the same color

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The 2017 Sahara Force India VJM10

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The 2018 Racing Point Force India VJM11…

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… and its successor, with a new main sponsor: SportPesa Racing Point 2019

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For 2020, same story with Racing Point: the RP20 had BWT as main sponsor (without SportPesa) and the pink still dominated

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The #85 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GTE EVO of Manuela Gostner, Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting also had pink at the 2020 Le Mans 24h

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With the arrival of Aston Martin instead of Racing Point, BWT took a step back and Cognizant was the main sponsor, but there were still stickers from the water company on the car and some presence of pink on some lines

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