The motor Renault It’s been fast this course, but reliability has left a lot to be desired. Alpine already announced it at the beginning of the year: they preferred a fast engine to a reliable engine. And went Fernando Alonso the one who ended up paying for it. Too many retirements for a driver who could have perfectly led the middle of the grid.
Alpine works to continue improving this engine that in 2023 will carry Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly. Bruno Faminexecutive director of Alpine, has given many details in statements to ‘Auto Motor und Sport’.
“There is no real scope to squeeze more power. According to the regulations, the performance of the engine cannot be improved. But we can influence the performance of the car by making changes to the engine,” explains Famin.
So the power will be the same but with a few tweaks: “One way to do it is with the packaging. For example, we can modify the intake or the exhaust duct so our colleagues at Enstone can do better aerodynamics around it.” “.
“It’s not about aerodynamic performance on the one hand and engine performance on the other. We just think about the overall car performance. All the decisions about the car are made so that we get as many points as possible,” explains the executive director of the French team.
There are six retirements that Alonso has suffered in this 2022. To this must be added the continuous changes in the power unit and the problems he suffered both in the classifications, such as sprints and races.
Alpine has a new plan with its Renault engine. A plan that will not modify the power, but will touch parts of the car depending on the engine. Ocon and Gasly are looking forward to hearing the news. whatWill take that Alpine jump How long have you been promising in Formula 1?