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Fernando Alonso said Alpine simply “didn’t deliver” due to a lack of pace that led to his Q1 exit at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Alpine open Ocon talks, ‘not looking at’ Gasly Date published: May 20 2021 Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi says the team have already opened talks about securing the services of Esteban Ocon beyond 2021. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff manages Ocon and said any talks surrounding his future should be taken up with Alpine first before being considered for a Mercedes seat – which Rossi described as “very graceful” behaviour from the Austrian as both Alpine and Mercedes lookat their driver opti...

Ocon admitted the team are not yet on the same level of pace as Ferrari, but remains confident Alpine will have a shot at disrupting the pecking order around the streets of Monte Carlo. “Until we put the car there and we do the qualifying we will not know exactly, but I think looking at our performance in qualifying we should be in good shape in Monaco,” Ocon told reporters, as per Crash.net. “I think we will be able to perform as good [as in Spain] so I think we can give a fight to Ferra...

8 May, 2021 Alpine F1 Team are without doubt the surprise package of the 2021 Formula 1 season thus far with Esteban Ocon qualifying fifth for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. The Frenchman is enjoying a resurgence this year after a mediocre 202 season, but with veteran Fernando Alonso drafted into the squad Ocon has raised his game impressively. After securing his best qualifying position since his fifth-place at last season’s Styrian Grand Prix, Ocon summed up his afternoon at Circuit de Barc...

Alonso P5 but ‘more to come’ in Barcelona Date published: May 7 2021 Fernando Alonso ended FP2 at the Spanish GP in P5 just behind Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon, but said there is more to come. Since pre-season testing shifted to Bahrain for 2021, it meant that this was the first and only scheduled visit to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya of the campaign, the site for Alonso’s home race. “It was good to be back in Barcelona at this circuit after doing winter testing in Bahrain,” h...

Alonso: ‘Totally different challenge’ in Portugal Date published: April 28 2021 Given he has never raced there before, Fernando Alonso is expecting Portimao to pose a “totally different challenge” to the season’s first two races. After two years away from Formula 1, Alonso signed for Alpine for the 2021 campaign and beyond. His return to the grid has been made somewhat easier by the fact the first two races took place at circuits he has raced at in F1 before, Bahrain and Imola, even...

Will take ‘more than a few upgrades’ to fix Alpine PlanetF1 8 hrs ago © Getty Images Esteban Ocon Alpine PA Not where they want to be, Alpine are going to need “more than a few upgrades” to get involved in this year’s midfield battle. Arriving at the Sakhir circuit for pre-season testing, Alpine were already aware that their A521 was not where they wanted it to be. Citing a “few issues in the windtunnel”, executive director Marcin Budkowski says they were on the back foot and...

Will take ‘more than a few upgrades’ to fix Alpine Date published: April 23 2021 Not where they want to be, Alpine are going to need “more than a few upgrades” to get involved in this year’s midfield battle. Arriving at the Sakhir circuit for pre-season testing, Alpine were already aware that their A521 was not where they wanted it to be. Citing a “few issues in the windtunnel”, executive director Marcin Budkowski says they were on the back foot and pre-season testing only confir...

Fernando Alonso could feel the "adrenaline" build as he returned to Imola, now armed with the modern Formula 1 cars.

Alpine rubbish Twitter ‘hoax’ of a positive test Date published: April 15 2021 Alpine have rubbished reports based on a Twitter comment, in which the user himself later used the word ‘hoax’, that one of their drivers had tested positive for Covid-19. In the build-up to the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, a website or two picked up a story that one of the Alpine drivers had tested positive for the coronavirus. Which driver, Fernando Alonso or Esteban Ocon, they could not say. The story was b...