Alpine’s 12 -month F1 Turnaround: P20 to P4 to Bahrain GP Grid

“I knew that after my last corner (in Q3) this lap would keep me in a very good place,” Pierre Galli After qualifying for 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix of Formula 1, told the media. “But anywhere, it will make us away from the top three to four hundredth and the position of the pole only three tenth.”

Galley worthy fifth, which took place after fourth Mercedes‘Andrea Kimi Antoneley was there Demoted for a pitlane procedural violationWhile the rogue team partner Jack dohan Narrowly missed the cut for Q3. It was an opposite from the events of the 2024 Bahrain GP, ​​season opener: Technical Director Matt Harman and Aero chief Dirk de Beer were already preparing to clean Gasli and when Gasli and when Gasli and when they were preparing to clean their desk. Estaban OkonAt that time his team partners used to qualify on the back row.

Two technical reorganization included Alpine Adopted the division of a McLaren-style of responsibilities in the engineering department, then recruited David Sanchez, Chief Engineer of East-Farari, presiding over the new system as Executive Technical Director. Former team principal Flavio Brytor made a comeback as ‘Executive Advisor’, and Bruno Femin was dropped out of TP’s role in favor of Hitech GP Boss Oliver Ox.

It was well known in the F1 Padock that the Oxfordshire was wasted very useful energy in recent years through a mutual repetition between the F1 factory of Alpine in rural areas and the engine facility of the renolt in the virus-chailon near Paris. Briatore took a pledge to the battle that was arranging to end Viry’s participation in the project and buy in Mercedes Power Unit since 2026.

Along with subjective impression -the objective data now indicates that the decision was correct, although cruel.

“Have you seen how quickly the alpine in 6 and 11 turns?” Carlos Sainz After qualifying, commented on Sky Sports F1. “It’s as soon as a hurry McLaren Through those corners.

“They say they are 0.3s below the engine. It will be on the front line with a Mercedes engine …”

The major weakness of the current Renault Pu is that its hybrid system is the least efficient on the grid. It goes to exit the electrical growth on strates, an event known as ‘clipping’ in F1 Parlance.

In Shanghai, the team had to ‘beef’ its rear wing, when it thwarted FIA’s new, more tight deflection-tested parameters. Given the known deficit of PU, it would not be surprising if the team was becoming aggressive at the aero elasticity in the area to detect direct speed.

The imprint gained credibility in Suzuka at the end of last week, where GPS analysis indicated that ‘S’ was the fastest through decreasing ‘S’ at the beginning of the lap, but later defeated through two straits in the lap, at 11th.

“They are quite clear, the areas we are losing,” later he had a prudent conclusion.

While situations in Bahrain have presented a moving target for the car set-up, as the race is a little later in the year, and the day temperatures are high, when the alpine is on the song, it is definitely much more than the previous year’s car. Finding a demonstration is now a case of fine tuning.

“There was a good improvement – even in Q1 I was not comfortable in the car, I was slipping a lot, many snacks in many places,” Gasley said. “We changed some things, some settings that I could do inside the car, and we managed to improve the run by run.

“We need it – we know it is extremely tight (in midfield), we still have not scored any points this year, we are more on the back foot in midfield. But at the end of this week we have kept things together for a very strong performance so far.

“There are some things that keep me in mind, but it’s more about the package and what the car is capable of doing. Today it really felt as if it gave me control, I was able to push and drive it the way I wanted-the car was very good through high speed (corners).

“Through the last corner, I managed to keep the car properly how I wanted, which has not happened in this season yet.

“(Optimal car performance) The window is very small everywhere, you have to be smooth with everyone inside the car so that it can really be best.”

A narrow peak performance is a common thread above and below the ‘Window’ grid. While Alpine has not yet scored a point in this season, the capacity is clearly and it is mainly the power unit to keep the car back.

Last year, the A524 season was quite high in the beginning of the season, a fact that was clearly clear from the car’s pendulus to convert the amount of bare carbon fiber in the show and to corners. The successful performance upgrade in a crash weight-lamp program and the second half of the season introduced the trajectory upwards where A525 is now.

“Car, honestly, in high-speeds-(turn) 6, 7, 11-When I think 12 months ago, what I was doing in those corners, and what I was able to do here today, it’s very impressive what the team is doing,” Galley said. “A year ago we were qualifying the P20 and I could not believe, here we are three tenth part of the pole.

“We just need to maintain that dynamic and speed – very good things are happening in the team, we just need to make sure that it is running and uses it as much as we can also for the next season.”