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Alpine Team Principal Bruno Famin has revealed it will bring some upgrades to this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix to begin
The Enstone-based squad, Alpine, entered the campaign with reduced expectations due to overhauling its A524 challenger, resulting in the team sitting at the bottom of the Constructors’ Championship without scoring any points in the first three rounds. Alpine plans to make its first updates to the A524 at Suzuka, starting with a new front wing and weight reduction. Esteban Ocon’s reaching Q2 in Australia ended the team’s streak of double Q1 eliminations, but team principal Famin acknowledged that the performance improvement was likely due to the circuit’s characteristics. Despite the improvement, Alpine is far from reaching its performance objective and must continue to strive for better performance in all areas. Ocon believes points were within reach in Melbourne without an unscheduled pit stop, showing promise for the team’s potential in future races. Additionally, Alpine’s carbon scheme will return to using blue highlights after experimenting with a pink design in the first two races.
