Failed beginnings, misbegotten A524, premature departures… Alpine, requiem for the blues

Is mass said? The same question runs through the heads of all the team’s staff. Alpine. Maintain hope, advocate patience, from members of the senior management of the Blues to the mechanics and the pilots. Not one of them lets their deep dismay show. Admitting it would be seen as a renunciation, so you have to give the lie even if nothing was supposed to happen like this.

Until a few weeks ago, a certain serenity mixed with caution emanated from the group. A new organization had been put in place over the winter, and if the optimism was not blissful, it was no less real. “Mode of operation, ability to develop our car, ability to develop our overall efficiency, etc., it is in all areas of the game that we must progress, had warned Bruno Famin, confirmed in his position as leader. Today, we are obviously here to have the best possible results, but we are going to have to arm ourselves with a little patience. New structures, new faces, new car, we must remain modest in the face of the scale of the task. But be careful, if our approach must be humble, it must also be ambitious. Last year, the overall result was disappointing, but we were able to grab two podiums. This season, these are all the opportunities