“Hassle-free” day for Alpine, satisfied with the latest development

The United States Grand Prix marks the end of the development of the A522Alpine. In Austin, the Blues indeed bring the latest development leaving the workshopsenstone for the rest of the year. After the floor introduced in Singapore and which immediately brought satisfaction, the Tricolores decided to slightly modify the exterior section of it.

In the bouncy Texas track it's Esteban Ocon who had the honor of trying this 2.0 floor. And after analysis of the data and personal feedback from the Norman, satisfaction was present in the Dieppe clan, happy to see that the updated floor worked perfectly.

« This day, in Austin, went off without a hitch, with two busy free practice sessions, confided chief race engineer Ciaron Pilbeam. We had to integrate more things than usual into our program in Free Practice 1, because the second session was devoted to testing the Pirelli prototype tires. The first session went well. Esteban used the new floor, which performed as expected and as we saw during our preparation.

Although part of the track has been resurfaced since last year, it is still bumpy in places, but our car seems to be doing well in these conditions. We have a good base to work from for the rest of the weekend and we will now tackle our usual Friday evening schedule, namely preparing for tomorrow's qualifying, where we will aim to improve further. » Passed back in front McLaren after the great performance of the Japanese Grand Prix, Alpine must confirm that it is indeed the “ best of the others » in order to consolidate its 4^e place in the ranking. This means another solid performance in Texas this weekend.

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