Fernando Alonso (ESP) Alpine F1 Team A521. Formula One Testing, Sunday 14th March 2021. Sakhir, Bahrain.
Alpine has announced that its A522 will be unveiled on February 21, two days before the start of Formula 1 pre-season testing.
Groupe Renault rebranded its Formula 1 team as Alpine in 2021 – in a bid to expand its niche sportscar outlet – and the team again finished fifth in the championship.
It nonetheless scored a victory, the first for the Alpine brand and Team Enstone’s first since 2013 – at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Alpine will enter 2022 with the same driver line-up of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, with Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri in reserve.
Only four teams – Red Bull Racing, Alfa Romeo, Williams and Haas – have not yet communicated a launch date for their respective 2022 cars.
Keyword: Alpine to launch A522 two days before first test