Alpine progress with your foot to the floor

Remember, it was last November 4th. That day, the president ofAlpine, Laurent Red, had detailed in our columns the road plan, evoking a horizon of 100 Grands Prix to set up his team “ on the podium as many times as possible ». A four-year strategic plan which had left some supporters ofAlpine on their hunger, tired of the empty promises made by the manufacturer since its return to F1. Spoiler alert: the A arrowed team will probably not be world champions in 2022. It is not breaking any suspense to say this, but the A arrowed teamenstone is perfectly within the passage times that it has set for itself. At the start of the season, it continues its dynamic born from the victory ofEsteban Ocon in Hungary last summer. After two Grands Prix, the Norman already has 14 points thanks to his 7th (Bahrain) and 6th (Saudi Arabia) places achieved. " I am satisfied, Laurent Rossi told us during an interview in Viry-Chatillon. From an accounting point of view, we are in line with what I wanted for the team. When it comes to pure performance, we have a car which seems well born and which shows great promise. The engine seems to be at the level of the competition and the chassis has some nice possibilities for development. Our races are solid and it seems that we are the 4th force in the field with Alfa Romeo et Haas. Alpha Tauri is in on it too. We will have to continue to progress, if only to consolidate 4th place, because the others are not going to sit idly by. We are engaged in a marathon of 100 races and our beginnings in these new regulations are interesting. Just look at our results. Two