It was the penultimate team to present its car in preparation for the 2022 season Formula 1 this Monday, February 21. Alpine was keen to reveal the livery of the A522 that will be piloted Fernando Alonso et Esteban Ocon on the 23 circuits on the calendar in Paris, at the Palais de Tokyo:
presenting your #A522# A522Launch pic.twitter.com/2uoK5nv1ow
—BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) February 21, 2022
The frame is adorned with pink in addition to the beauty Alpine traditional thanks to the arrival of BWT as title sponsor. The company specializing in the manufacture of water treatment systems was present from 2017 to 2021 on the bodywork of Force India, renamed Racing Point then Aston Martin, in F1.
To further highlight the partner, the livery colors will be reversed for the first two rounds of the year, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia:
Alpine also took the opportunity to present the new managers of the team. Otmar Szafnauer replaces Marcin Budkowski as Team Principal while Bruno Famin will take on the role of Executive Director ofAlpine Racing at Viruses-Châtillon.
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Laurent Red, the boss of the brand with the A arrow, also confirmed the objective of 100 Grands Prix before seeing the French team at the top of the hierarchy.
“We have multiple ambitions, he said of the goal for the upcoming season. La fifth place is the minimum we should aim for after last year's performances.So far we have achieved our goals and we are happy with the progress we are showing, but we must be realistic that this year all the cards are reshuffled.
Are you in love? Because we are in love 😍
💙 in the comments if you're with us!# A522Launch pic.twitter.com/Ebr2dqzf8q
—BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) February 21, 2022
We don't know where we're going to be until we all hit the trail. We must continue to improve, targeting operational excellence and progress throughout the year. »
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