Alpine's race pace was not as strong as they had hoped, according to Marcin Budkowski, despite Fernando Alonso's sixth place in Azerbaijan. read more »

Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski believes that Fernando Alonso returned to competitive form at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

Fernando Alonso told his Alpine team that he was going for it at the race restart in Baku, even if he ended up in the wall. read more »

Fernando Alonso says he was pleased with his performance in Baku, but Alpine's creative strategy choices are down to a lack of race pace. read more »

The heart-warming positive was some Fernando magic to regain four positions and finish P6, which is a great reward for everyone's hard work. read more »

Alpine's Esteban Ocon will attempt to avoid what he feels will be "a mess" once the lights go out at the Azerbaijan GP. read more »

It was a very tricky session with so many red flags, it was difficult to get into a rhythm and we didn't use our potential. read more »

The double world champion qualified his Alpine in ninth after a "messy" session blighted by four red flag stoppages, with Lance Stroll and Antonio Giovinazzi both... read more »

With new tougher pull back tests being introduced from the French Grand Prix later this month, F1 teams will have a final chance to run with their previous flexible designs for... read more »

Fernando Alonso believes a strong Friday showing at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has solved some of the "uncertainties" his Alpine team suffered when its form slumped at... read more »

Fernando Alonso sees plenty of "potential" in the Alpine A521 which he will look to unlock overnight before qualifying for the Azerbaijan GP. read more »

It looks like our performance is not so bad at the moment and we can be fairly satisfied with the day's work. read more »

Alpine's Marcin Budkowski says that he would be 'very, very surprised' if there were protests over rear wings in Baku. read more »

Two-time F1 world champion Alonso returned to F1 for 2021 with Alpine after spending two seasons racing in sportscars and IndyCar - as well as contesting the Dakar Rally - as... read more »

After their poor performance in Monaco, Alpine are looking to return to form with a competitive weekend in Azerbaijan with both Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso. read more »

Esteban Ocon hopes Alpine are more competitive this weekend in Azerbaijan than they were last time out in Monaco. read more »

Alonso has so far struggled on his F1 comeback after two years out, having been out-qualified by Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon in the past four races.Ocon raked in 12 of... read more »

After a weekend off, hosts Tom Clarkson and Natalie Pinkham can't wait for another action packed Azerbaijan Grand Prix. They're also joined by Alpine reserve driver... read more »

Esteban Ocon is hopeful Alpine can cure its current Formula 1 car weakness after struggling for outright performance in Monaco last time out. read more »

We've conducted rigorous analysis and simulations to make sure we go to Baku with the best possible understanding of what our issues were in Monaco to ensure they... read more »

Esteban Ocon will look to keep his mind free to focus on driving by handing Alpine contract talks over to his management team. read more »

Alpine are bringing upgrades with them to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as they look to put Monaco well and truly behind them. read more »

Ocon has impressed through the early part of the season, scoring points in four out of five races and leading Alpine's charge as two-time world champion Fernando Alonso... read more »

Oscar Piastri and Guanyu Zhou were given a day each behind the wheel of the Renault R.S.18 earlier this week as part of their development plan with the Alpine Academy. read more »

Alpine endured a much tougher weekend in Monaco than they expected, but Marcin Budkowski is hopeful the dip in performance around the principality will only be a one-off. read more »