2021 Alpine F1 Team

[Morteza]

That helmet looks stunning with that livery







Via @f1debrief

[Egresi Tamás]

New engine cover

[Ground Effect]

How impressive is Fernando? Can’t draw any conclusions yet, but his level of adaptation is amazing!

[fouad1979]

How impressive is Fernando? Can’t draw any conclusions yet, but his level of adaptation is amazing!

His adapted verry well no time attack yet , his doing setup work at the moment

[Egresi Tamás]

[majki2111]

Good valuable track conditions and Alonso practicing pit stops....

[GoranF1]

Alonso was on hardest tyre during his fast lap.

[kfrantzios]

New engine cover
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That height difference between Ocon and Alonso....

[Egresi Tamás]

New engine cover
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That height difference between Ocon and Alonso....

yeah, is much

[Jambier]

Not so bad testing!
Reliable that’s very important

Now, I still see a tough season.
Mercedes/Red Bull and McLaren clearly ahead.
Aston, let’s wait to see, and Alfa Tauri can be difficult to beat as well

And there is Ferrari also

[Egresi Tamás]

Hmmm

[GoranF1]

Yeah that race sim from Alonso looked about 0.6 slower than Mclaren, but fractionaly faster than Ferrari, AM, AT and AR.

[Steven]

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That height difference between Ocon and Alonso....

Driver heights: Alonso 1.71m, Ricciardo 1.8m, Ocon 1.86m (tallest driver on the grid)

Checking pictures of last year's Renault R.S.20 with Ricciardo, it appears like Daniel was similarly positioned as Alonso. It might well be that Ricciardo's was the maximum for the ideal position, and that Ocon's height is just about the maximum the car can take while still being legal (as the helmet must not extend above a straight line from the front of the cockpit opening to the roll hoop).

I initially thought that perhaps Ocon is preferring a higher seating position, but given the likely aerodynamic disadvantage, I guess it's just his length that plays against him.

[selvam_e2002]

do we know where we are compared to other teams? is Alpine still sandbagging some for race day. Any clue.....

[SirBastianVettel]

do we know where we are compared to other teams? is Alpine still sandbagging some for race day. Any clue.....

I don’t think it’s possible to draw any meaningful conclusions from the winter testing results.

But it’s fun to speculate nonetheless . My feeling is that this car will be very strong on some tracks and very weak on others, I say this because of their unique aero philosophy, which I think will have some specific benefits and downsides.