The French manufacturer has changed colour schemes for this season, off the back of a new title sponsorship with water company BWT, whose branding and iconic pink corporate colour features on the front wing, sidepods and rear wing.
The A522 features a pushrod suspension at the front, with pullrod at the rear. The nose is more raised in relation to the front wing than some other rival cars, with very narrow inlets at the sidepods, which feature cooling gills that some other teams have adopted.
The new livery and car comes after a winter of wider change at the outfit, following a management shake-up undertaken by CEO Laurent Rossi.
He has brought in former Aston Martin team boss Otmar Szafnauer as team principal, with former FIA man Bruno Famin joining to help head up Renault’s engine division at Viry-Chatillon.
Rossi says that the minimum target for Alpine this year is fifth place again, but he is eager for it to better.
“We have multiple ambitions,” he said about the target for…
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