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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 pre-season testing only confirmed this. “Going into the test we knew we experienced some headwind...

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 confirmed this. “Going into the test we knew we experienced some headwind during the winter,” he said,...

Red Bull While one of their drivers barely put a foot wrong, the other couldn’t seem to stay out of trouble. Verstappen jumped into the lead with a brilliant start and pretty much stayed there untroubled throughout the whole race to record a stunning victory. But Perez dropped back at the start, was penalised for overtaking behind the Safety Car, and spun off twice. After the highs of yesterday, it wasn’t the performance the Mexican would have been hoping for. Max Verstappen, 1st "I am of course very happy with this win for everyone in the Team and Honda. I think the key was of course the...

Alpine had problems in wind tunnel over winter Esteban Ocon, Emilio Romagna GP 2021 © Alpine Alpine struggled with "some problems in the wind tunnel" over the winter, team executive boss Marcin Budkowski has admitted. Esteban Ocon made the 'Q3' segment at Imola on Saturday but Fernando Alonso is just fifteenth. "I didn't do well enough," Alonso told Spanish reporters when asked why he is behind his teammate. "I felt good in the car, I felt fast, the balance of the car was good, but every time I crossed the line it was not good enough to be in the top ten."

18 April, 2021 Fernando Alonso was hard on himself after qualifying a disappointing 15th for the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. The veteran Spaniard, competing in his second F1 race weekend since his comeback, was only good for 15th place and missing out on Q1 while Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon managed to find an extra four-tenths in Q2 and eventually end up ninth on the grid. In doing so the Frenchman ended a streak in which Alonso has not been beaten by a teammate in qualifying since 2017, and the 39-year-old did not mince his words when assessing his qualifying session. “I was ...