The 2024 F1 season is rather complicated for Alpine. The French team is in 9th place in the constructor standings, ahead of Kick Sauber and behind Williams. Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly cannot do it. Oliver Oakes also made it known that no miracle solution was going to happen to save Alpine at the end of the season.
Alpine can’t do it this season. The French team is in 9th place in the manufacturer rankings of the F1behind Williams and in front Kick Sauber. Esteban Ocon et Pierre Gasly struggle to achieve good results. The two pilots naturally expect thatAlpine finds the right formula in the development of single-seaters to provide them with competitive cars. But Oliver Oakes indicated that no “ solution miracle » was going to arrive to save Alpine.
“There will be no miracle solution”
« We were slow to bring what we brought at the start of the season and found ourselves a little out of sync when others brought things. I hope that by the end of the year we can at least show that we still have performance to achieve. Some made big moves this year, others brought in things that didn’t work. We just have to see, when we bring them in, how they behave. I don’t think it’s as simple as a number of what you hope to deliver. Ultimately, it also has to translate on the track. I think the battle is pretty tight in the middle and you can see it swinging. So it’s quite interesting from one weekend to the next, even between the leading drivers who are in the same car and in the same teams. It’s quite interesting as a neutral to see how much it changes from one circuit to another and also, I dare say, in the battles we have » first indicated the boss of Alpine in comments reported by NextGen-Auto.
“We just have to keep working hard”
« When you see F1 from the inside, you say to yourself, ‘it’s really tight’. I don’t completely agree that the improvements are significant. But I think there’s a real distinction to be made right now, whether they actually work when they hit the track, and also the types of tracks we have left on the schedule, to know how well some improvements would be useful. And we can say that there is more to be learned from the characteristics of these circuits, from the tires, from the approach, than from a simple evolution. So I am quite pragmatic, but there will be no miracle solution. We just have to keep working hard » then added Oliver Oakes. Pierre Gasly et Esteban Ocon are warned.
