yepp4 wrote: ↑

19 Apr 2024, 07:41

diffuser wrote: ↑

18 Apr 2024, 03:18

For me, it's the guy at the very top. He let Omar go. Which means it was him that said no to whatever Fry asked for. Doesn't matter who you put below him, he'll handcuff them.

So probably Rossi or De Meo.

But if we look at the results, whatever org (which let's be honest is no different to other teams) or processes they put in place since 2017 didn't work better than before, Fry joined in 2020 and from 2018 to 2022 they were always 5th or 4th, relative to the others it didn't make a difference.

It may be a shortcut but Fry didn't have an influence (in terms of results), but then he stayed 3 years... to realize the team didn't have the ambition ? The reasons he gave upon his departure seem really generic to me.

Rossi was already fired.....

Yeah, pretty sure he was on the limit with his comments. There is a line you cross and it makes it harder to get a job.

I gotta say. The new floor makes the car look a lot better and more stable. And the wings haven't been matched to it yet.

yepp4 wrote: ↑

19 Apr 2024, 07:47

Edit: So they corrected in SQ1, they reduced by 3,6kg with the latest changes and are still 1kg above the limit, they will be under for Miami
Edit again : New floor needed a new chassis revision to be fitted on Ocon's car.

Wonderful stuff from the Alpine team!

Not a bad race this China GP, they start to be able to fight with others, performance wise this brings a little bit of hope

I think Gasly made his first overtake of the year this weekend so both cars did better, not sure the upgrades are worth a lot but at least Ocon seemed to have a decent racecraft and left nothing on the table this weekend again. Anyway they were quicker than Williams and RB on this track, not far from Haas and at least above one Sauber, and half a Mercedes (Ham behind and unable to pass for a long time)

On the operational side, they have work to do, pit stops are average (they did better end of last year) and they make mistakes.

They are not so lucky with the calendar with those two back to back sprint weekends, it will be hard to find the right setup with those new parts but there is more to be extracted from the package.

Anyone knows when the next upgrades are planned ? I think i heard Imola but not sure ?

The progress is clear. In Bahrain they were deathly last P19 and P20 in quali. Now both cars are in Q2 and its not a coincidence. While Gasly will get new stuff in Miami and the final step of weight reduction takes place in Miamo, Alpine should be even better. Same with races.

I wonder what can they achieve. In my opinion P6 is realistic.

Yes progress are here, and in a way it was expected

They are not a small team, P6 should be the minimum and I believe they will end up there

Season is long they will develop and keep this platform for next year