The Alpine A522 is a Formula One car designed and constructed by the BWT Alpine F1 Team and competed in the 2022 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. The chassis is Alpine's first car under the 2022 technical regulations.[3]
 Fernando Alonso in the Alpine A522 at the British Grand Prix | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Alpine | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Pat Fry (Chief Technical Officer) Matthew Harman (Technical Director) Naoki Tokunaga (Chief Transformation Officer) Simon Virrill (Chief Designer) Benjamin Norton (Project Leader) Dirk de Beer (Head of Aerodynamics) James Rodgers (Chief Aerodynamicist) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Alpine A521 | ||||||||||
| Successor | Alpine A523 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbone push-rod | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Double wishbone pull-rod | ||||||||||
| Engine | Mecachrome-built and assembled Renault E-Tech RE22 1.6 L (98 cu in) direct injection V6 turbocharged engine limited to 15,000 RPM in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive layout 1.6 L (98 cu in) Turbo Rear-mid mounted | ||||||||||
| Electric motor | Kinetic and thermal energy recovery systems | ||||||||||
| Power | More than 950 hp (710 kW)[1] | ||||||||||
| Fuel | BP[2] | ||||||||||
| Lubricants | Castrol[2] | ||||||||||
| Tyres | |||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | BWT Alpine F1 Team | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers |
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| Debut | 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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Competition history
editThe car was generally about as competitive as its predecessor, the A521, and was regularly in the hunt for points at races, but not usually troubling the top teams. One of the car's key strengths is its top speed, which was particularly evident in races such as Baku, where it was noted that other cars could not catch the A522 on the straightaways, despite the advantage of DRS. The team had reliability problems in several races, however the team beat McLaren to 4th in the constructors' championship - their best finish since 2018.
Sponsorship and livery
editTo mark the start of the sponsorship deal between Alpine and BWT, the A522 competed in the first two races of the season, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, in pink livery, completely replacing the usual blue livery.[4]
Racing Pride
editIn June 2022, Racing Pride announced a partnership with [Alpine, which saw Racing Pride work with Alpine on a number of initiatives to ensure their pathways for attracting emerging talent are welcoming to LGBTQ+ people, and the team pledged to show support and raise awareness and for the LGBTQ+ community.[5] Coinciding with Pride Month 2022, the Formula 1 team also ran a special pride livery on their Alpine cars throughout the month of June,[6] with other nods to the LGBTQ+ community throughout the team's sites.
Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi said of the partnership: "For so long, motorsport has not been representative of the diversity we see in wider society. There are various reasons, but we need to look forward and challenge the biases we see. Our journey starts here. The LGBTQ+ community has lacked visible representation and support within our industry, and we need to change this. We want Alpine to be an open, inclusive and productive place to work and for our employees to feel happy and supported in their workplace. A happy environment gives greater creativity and that is exactly what we need to foster as we move forward. To do so, we need to fully understand the challenges some of the under-represented groups in motorsport face. Pride Month is a good place to start; we know that we need to do more to give this community a voice and representation.".[5]
Complete Formula One results
edit| Key | |
|---|---|
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Not classified, finished (NC) | |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Race cancelled (C) | |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) | |
| Did not arrive (DNA) | |
| Withdrawn (WD) | |
| Did not enter (empty cell) | |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| P | Pole position |
| F | Fastest lap |
| Superscript number |
Points-scoring position in sprint |
| Year | Entrant | Power unit | Tyres | Driver name | Grands Prix | Points | WCC pos. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| BHR | SAU | AUS | EMI | MIA | ESP | MON | AZE | CAN | GBR | AUT | FRA | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | SIN | JPN | USA | MXC | SAP | ABU | |||||||
| 2022 | BWT Alpine F1 Team | Renault E-Tech RE22 | P | 9 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | 19† | 5 | Ret | 173 | 4th | |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 56 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |||||||
| Reference:[7][8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Alpine A522". Alpine. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Groupe Renault and BP deepen their strategic partnership". BP.
- ^ "Formula 1 2022 Technical Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Alpine unveil blue and pink 2022 challenger, the A522". Formula1.com. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ a b "BWT ALPINE F1 TEAM PARTNERS WITH RACING PRIDE". Racing Pride. 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Pride Month in F1 | Alpine and Mercedes call attention to LGBTQ+". GPBlog. 2 March 2023.
- ^ "2022 Constructor Standings". Formula1.com. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "Alpine A522". StatsF1. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.