Resolving Alpine's engine woes will be a priority for the winter, says Otmar Szafnauer. F1
Alpine made no bones about their preference being greater speed from the Renault power unit in 2022 to try and bridge the gap to the teams at the front with their Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull engines.rather than “sit there comfortably with a reliable power unit that doesn’t perform”.
After Esteban Ocon had, like Alonso, exited the Singapore GP, Alpine’s chief technical officer Pat Fry admitted they had been “caught out” by the engine gremlins this year – which have left the team exposed to being pipped to fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship by McLaren.as team principal, said work to remedy the problem will take place in the off-season.
“And now when we face them, we can fix them. We didn’t do it on purpose to not be reliable. But if you have to err on that side you push the performance boundary – because you can’t add performance now until 2026 [but] you can fix reliability issues. Szafnauer remains hopeful that 2023 will be a much less turbulent year for Alpine on the engine front.
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