A hours of the Emilia Romaña Grand In the mythical circuit of Imola, that will have the debut in the season of Franco Colapintfrom Alpine They gave details of the improvements that their cars will have in the medium term.
Its technical director David Sánchez He confirmed that the French team already works with an eye on the deep regulatory changes of the Formula 1that will come into force in 2026.
“We have the 2026 car very advanced. It has been a while, but we also have great plans for the 2025 car. The advances will arrive in the next races”he declared Sanchez, who will lead the transition in Alpine, after OLIVER OKES.
The regulation 2026 of the Formula 1 It will introduce a new generation of hybrid cars with renewed structural and aerodynamic requirements.
One of the key points of the new course will be the change of supplier of power units: Alpine will stop using engines Renault To become a client of Mercedes From next season. Nevertheless, Sanchez He relativized the technical impact of this modification on the engines.
“By 2026, the power units will be completely different. You change as a supplier, the challenge is very similar”explained the engineer
The agreement with Mercedes It will also include the provision of the gearbox, but Sanchez He warned that he will not necessarily simplify the integration work: “It’s not as easy as one might think.”
As stipulated by the FIA, Cars must go from the current 800 kg at 768 kga significant decrease that imposes new engineering challenges.
Franco Colapint will replace a Jack Doohanwho did not comply with a good work on the first six dates. The Argentine was confirmed by the next five races: Icola (18/5), Monaco (25/5), Spain (1/06), Canada (06/15) and Austria (29/06).
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