Following the FIA’s approval of Andretti-Cadillac’s F1 entry, the Renault Group have revealed that they are open to negotiations over becoming their power unit supplier, despite a recent deal between the duo having expired. It was widely reported that Renault had given Andretti an engine to prepare for their expected arrival into Formula 1, which
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Interim Alpine team principal Bruno Famin has insisted that there isn’t any “tension” between Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, following last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. Gasly was left absolutely furious with the French team after last Sunday’s race, due to having been instructed on the final lap to relinquish P9 to Ocon. The ex-AlphaTauri driver
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Vice president of Alpine Motorsport Bruno Famin has confirmed that the company are in talks with Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher, over a potential seat in their Hypercar programme. It was reported ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix that Schumacher was talking to the French side about joining their Hypercar programme in the World
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Bruno Famin, newly-appointed boss of Alpine, has rejected claims that Andretti Autosport is on the verge of acquiring a “significant stake” in his team. The Enstone-based operation has been in turmoil after the sacking of Otmar Szafnaeur and his sporting director Alan Permane. The timing of Alpine’s announcement of these departures raised eyebrows as well.
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Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has rubbished rumours that the Italians power unit is 30hp more powerful this season, with the Frenchman labelling such speculation as a “joke”. Whilst engine performance upgrades are currently banned under the current engine freeze, reliability improvements are allowed “for the sole purposes of reliability, safety, cost saving”. The Maranello-based team’s power unit reliability was abysmal last season,
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As far as reliability issues go, Fernando Alonso experienced the worst of the worst last year with a shocking six race retirements. The Spaniard was forced to deal with a very unreliable Alpine power unit which gave him so many problems that he began to count down the days until he could complete his move
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Alpine executive director Bruno Famin has questioned “what is a pure, genuine reliability issue?” Following reports from Italy that Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes have all increased the power of their power units. As of the start of the 2022 season, the FIA implemented an engine freeze on performance upgrades; however, reliability modifications are allowed. By fixing
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Alpine executive director Bruno Famin is expecting the FIA to become “stricter” in regard to power unit upgrades “in the future”, with the Frenchman stating that the FIA received “70 requests” by a variety of manufacturers if they could make tweaks to their power units. Alpine are, of course, powered by Renault, who are one
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