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Luca de Meo, the Renault Group CEO, says Fernando Alonso is very much fulfilling the “leading role for everybody” he set him at Alpine.

Marcin Budkowski has described the work that has gone into Esteban Ocon’s distinct improvement for Alpine so far this year.

Budkowski surprised Alonso return so difficult Fernando Alonso, Spanish GP 2021 © Alpine Marcin Budkowski admits he did not expect Fernando Alonso's return to Formula 1 to turn out to be "so difficult" for the Spaniard. The two-time champion is not the only driver struggling so far in 2021 - in fact, every top driver who has moved teams over the winter is taking time to get up to speed. "At the start of the season I said Sebastian Vettel would need three or four races to adjust," former F1 driver Marc Surer told Sport1. "With Ricciardo we see that he is really starting to improve now, but it...

Ocon: We weren’t as fast as Ferrari or McLaren in the race 10 May, 2021 Esteban Ocon bemoaned the lack of race pace in his Alpine after he saw a fifth-place grid position turn into a P9 finish at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Frenchman was impressive in qualifying for a second consecutive weekend at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but struggled to make the team’s ambitious one-stop strategy work, with Sergio Perez, Daniel Ricciardo, Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris all able to finish ahead of him despite starting further down the grid. Ocon can take some satisfaction with the two points he...

Fernando Alonso is hopeful his two-race points scoring streak will continue when racing on home soil this weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix.