Alpine

**Alpine F1 Team** is a Formula 1.5 constructor which made its debut at the start of the 2021 Formula 1.5 World Championship. Formerly named Renault and owned by the French automotive company Groupe Renault, the team was rebranded for 2021 to promote Renault's sports car brand, Alpine, and continues to serve as Renault's works team. The chassis and managerial side of the team is based in Enstone, Oxfordshire, England, and the engine side of the team is based in Viry-Châtillon, a suburb of Paris, France. Alpine won their maiden F1.5 Constructors title in 2022.

## History

### 2021 Season

Renault rebranded to Alpine in 2021, where the team continued its partnership with Esteban Ocon, with Alonso joining the team to replace former world champion Daniel Ricciardo. The team also had Zhou Guanyu as a reserve driver, who did one Free Practice outing at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix.

The team finished third behind Ferrari and McLaren, taking 3 wins at Hungary, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Alpine's first race ended with Alonso being forced to retire, after debris caused his car to overheat. Ocon was hit by Aston Martin driver, Sebastian Vettel.

### 2022 Season

Alpine started the year strong, winning the second round in Saudi Arabia with Esteban Ocon. Ocon and Alonso were fighting for the win on track until an engine issue brought an end to Alonso's race. Ocon followed the win with a third consecutive podium to finish third in the next race. In Canada, Alonso took a dominant pole position in wet conditions, however he finished the race in 2nd place behind teammate Ocon after yet more engine issue's. After the race finished Alonso was demoted to fourth after a 5 second time penalty. This would be the start of a four race streak which saw the team take 4 victories in a row. The streak ended at the Hungarian GP when Norris won for McLaren, however Ocon and Alonso would finish 2nd and 3rd in that race.

After the summer break Alpine went back to winning ways with Alonso taking the win at the first race back in Belgium after inherting pole position from teammate Ocon who had an engine penalty. At the next race in The Netherlands, Alonso would make it back-to-back victories. In Monza, Alonso retired from the race and Ocon finished 5th, becoming the first time in 12 races that Alpine didn't have a driver on the podium. The same would happen in Singapore with both drivers retiring with car failures. The bad spell didn't last long though, as in the nexr race the team locked out the front row in Suzuka. Ocon would take the win and Alonso third, finishing just 0.011 seconds behind Vettel at the line.

As the season went into the closing races Alonso finished 2nd at the American Grand Prix with Ocon in sixth. At the next race in Mexico, Alonso retired from the race whilst leading, this gave the win to McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo. Ocon would finish the race 2nd. Next was Brazil which was one of the seasons sprint races. Alpine failed to score in the sprint with Alonso and Ocon clashing not once but twice causing damage to both cars. These incidents let Norris win the sprint and take the drivers title. In the main race on Sunday, a stunning come back drive saw Alpine finish 1-2 with Alonso taking the win. This 1-2 finish was enough for Alpine to clinch their first F1.5 constructors title. In the final race at Abu Dhabi, Alonso once again failed to finish the race, however Ocon finished 2nd just over a second behind Lando Norris.

The team took their maiden title scoring 597 points, with Ocon finishing the championship 2nd and Alonso third.

### 2023 Season

Alpine signed Pierre Gasly to replace the outgoing Fernando Alonso.

Ocon took pole at Bahrain to start the season well but failed to finish the race, however Gasly would bring the car home for a second place finish after starting last on his first race for the team. Ocon repeated the trick in Saudi Arabia for pole, but this time took the win meaning Ocon and Alpine had won 100% of the races at Saudi to date. Gasly once again came second. In Australia, Gasly was looking strong for the win before a late red flag caused chaos which included Ocon and Gasly coming together at turn 1, retiring both from the race. Due to the lateness of the incident they were both classified and scored points. After the first four rounds of the championship, Gasly lead the drivers standings whilst Alpine were 1 point behind McLaren in the constructors.

## Year-by-year Chart

**Bold** indicates Drivers' Champion

 2022 | Renault |  Fernando Alonso   Esteban Ocon | AllAll