The start of the championship
After the 2025 season ended with very little satisfaction, the first three races of this world championship have instead yielded good results for Alpine, currently in fifth position in the Constructors’ standings. From the Australian GP to the Japanese GP, Pierre Gasly has consistently finished in the points, with a top-10 finish also achieved by Franco Colapinto in China. A positive start, therefore, for the French manufacturer, which for the first time in its history took to the track without Renault engines, but with Mercedes ones.
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Future projects
Renault itself and the entire team, moreover, seem intent on continuing their Formula 1 project which began with their return to the Circus in 2016, which saw its only change in 2021, the year the team changed its name to Alpine. This commitment remains even with the potential sale of the 24% stake in Alpine held by the US investment fund Otro Capital.
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The project to return to victory was not precisely outlined by Alpine Executive Advisor Flavio Briatore, but the response provided by the 75-year-old is nonetheless indirect confirmation of the desire to remain in F1 in the coming seasons, increasingly raising the level of competitiveness: “It’s a very difficult question, I don’t know – he told the media – we try to do our best and to improve year after year. But now we have everything to be competitive. We are very happy with the engine we have and we are quite happy with the whole team. Of course, we have made many changes to the team and we must prepare the foundations, the cornerstone, to build the team. It takes a few years, like for everyone. We want to win and we’ll see. Stiamo lavorando sodo e vedremo cosa succede. But we are very committed, Renault is committed and the team is committed. So we’ll see. We do our best like everyone else.”
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