Alpine surprised in February when at the presentation of its A522 it revealed two versions, one in electric blue and the other in pink.
After partnering with sponsor BWT , the water treatment company that had dyed Force India and Racing Point cars pink, there were many questions as to how much of a presence that color would have on the French team’s new single-seater, and indeed an hour earlier show his new single-seater, the image of the pink edition was leaked and the ‘panic’ ran through social networks.
However, it was later seen that Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon’s car for the 2022 season would be the blue that identifies Alpine, although they also announced that the pink car would be in the first two races of the year.
In pre-season, Alpine contested the Barcelona tests in blue, as well as the first day in Bahrain, before Ocon wore pink for the first time on day two. Since then, we have only seen that color, but in Australia electric blue will return.
The Australian GP has been the event that opened each new course for many years, and many want to cling to that ‘tradition’ to change the start of the 2022 championship. It will be the case of Sebastian Vettel, for whom the season really begins. season after missing the Bahrain GP and the Saudi Arabian GP due to coronavirus.
Aston Martin and Williams are the only two teams that have not yet scored, but beyond their drivers and a Mick Schumacher who has not added either, there are two men who will seek to change their luck. One of them is Daniel Ricciardo, who is racing at home ready to start his points record after two difficult races.
The other is an Alonso who, although he was ninth after the two retirements from Red Bull in the last laps of Bahrain, the abandonment in Jeddah makes him reach Australia 13th in the world championship, with only two units compared to 14 for Ocon.
There, where he made his debut in 2001, where he won in 2006 and where in 2016 he suffered one of the worst accidents of his career (the most spectacular), the two-time champion hopes to assert the pace of his Alpine, which at times has seemed the best car in the rest, or at least a candidate to be in that battle with Mercedes.
Is blue talisman?
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