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Post by wilmywood8455 on Sept 27, 2022 10:40:17 GMT -8
Although Alpine are still engaged in a fight with McLaren for fourth place in the constructors’ championship, it’s quite clear that behind the ‘big three’ teams, the A522 has been the most consistently competitive car on race day in 2022.In contrast to cars from the Enstone team in recent years – and in contrast to this year’s McLaren – its performance appears equally strong across a wide variety of track types and it has responded well to development. For Singapore this weekend, Alpine are expected to introduce a further significant aero upgrade, part of a continuous process which has been facilitated by a highly cost-effective concept in this cost-capped age.
“We’ll carry on with updates on the car for the rest of the season,” says Technical Director Matt Harman. “We still have the financials to do that and we still have ideas…”
The team numbers around 100 fewer staff than the biggest, giving some budget headroom for car development, but the car itself has been designed with a range of modular bodywork parts so that, for example, the floor or sidepods have been updated with just a patchwork of changes rather than the whole component.
Alpine are not unique in this modular approach this year, but have probably taken the concept further than anyone else.
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