The team confirmed the Argentine driver for next season. Its objective is to consolidate itself in the maximum competition.
Alpine F1 Team, officially known as BWT Alpine F1 Teamis a team of french origin who made his debut in Formula 1 in the season 2021. The brand was born as part of the Renault Group and search consolidate your skills this year, which is why decided to incorporate Franco Colapinto to his team.
Although its career is short, the team showed an important evolution in recent times, achieving adapt technologicallyand compete at the intensity that F1 demands.
The brand has its origin in 1955, with the focus on transform Renault cars into highly competitive vehicles. In fact, its most iconic model, the Alpine A110shined in the ’70s, earning worldwide recognition for both its elegant design and rally performance.
Integrated into F1 since 1977, the brand had its greatest successes when it won the championship in 2005 and 2006 thanks to Flavio Briatorewho set his eyes on Colapinto. In 2021, its name changed to Alpine F1 Teamand under this name he managed to be on the podium that same year. In 2023, after an internal restructuring, added two podiumsbut it remained in 6th place with 108.
Significant changes for 2026
In November 2024, Alpine confirmed that would stop using Renault engines after 2025 to become a customer of mercedes. This move is linked to the new impeller regulations that will come into force in 2026 and underlines the intention of the team of stay competitive in a landscape of constant change.
Alpine F1 Team continues to chart its path in the top categorydemonstrating that perseverance and vision can turn a historic brand into a benchmark for contemporary motorsports.
So, Alpine showed the so-called “endplate”the plate or vertical profile located at the ends of the front and rear spoilers. As if they were the front and rear ends of the car.
With the ailerons more similar to those at the beginning of the 21st centurythe FIA hopes that cars lose their weight about 30 kilos and that they reduce their size by 20 centimeters in length and 10 centimeters in width. In addition, the width of the floor will be reduced by about 150mm.
As the load and aerodynamic resistance are reduced, the effect of the DRS. This allows you to have more power in the engine by being one second behind another car, to be able to use that extra energy in pursuit of an overtake. It will be necessary to see if a kind of Push to Pass to achieve higher top speed.
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