Alpine expects the 2024 F1 season to start slowly after three days of Bahrain testing to familiarize itself with the new concept.
After a mediocre 2023 F1 season, Alpine decided to change their approach and did so for the 2024 season. However, when the new year began with a pre-season test in Bahrain, it was not the start they had hoped for. The speed was as expected.
However, Alpine is not too surprised by this situation. Since it is a new concept, it is expected that it will take some time to understand the car and bring out its performance. The three-day test turned out to be mediocre for them. They settled down to work and learned about cars.
As the new season begins, Pierre Gasly knows it will be a few weeks before he can perform. “It will take several weeks,” he said at a news conference. “It’s important to be objective when starting a brand new car. You can’t expect to figure things out in three days. Your first race won’t be easy and you won’t start where you wanted to. You probably can’t.
“But it takes some time to understand the concept of this new car. The good thing is that as a team we clearly knew what we needed to work on. In the first few races of the season Time will tell if we can resolve the machine setup issue, but it will certainly require a fairly aggressive update plan to close the gaps.”
“We focused on ourselves, ran our own program without too much stress, and did as much testing as possible while learning more about the overall package of the car. Like I said, I think it’s going to take some time. It takes time to get the desired performance out of the car, but that’s not surprising considering it’s a new concept.
“I’m realistic. I know it’s not an easy start for us, but the most important thing is to continue to identify key areas of work, learn and progress. Good The point is that we have very clearly identified things that we need to work on as a team. Time will tell whether we can resolve the set-up issues with the car or not in the first few races of the season, but we will continue to work on closing the gaps. It will definitely require an aggressive upgrade plan to fill it.
“We were very clear about Esteban. We got very similar feedback right away. We’ll see if we can fix these setup issues by next week, or if they’ve already been identified. It is important to analyze whether a major upgrade is required to fix the issue.
“Yes, it’s a lot of work. Still, the testing period passed quickly, with just three days. “We’ll try to get the car in the best possible condition for next week,” Gasly said. Summing up, Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon also agreed with their situation. He saw improvement from day one to last. This is a good sign that he understands cars better.
“The car improved from the first day to the last day of testing, so we expect to see similar improvements throughout the race weekend,” he said. “We know what we are working on for the opening game of the season and we need to make the most of our package to have the best chance of getting something out of the weekend.” There is.”
“Teams run different programs and fuel quantities, so it’s difficult to assess standings after such a short test schedule.” We’re focused on ourselves and trying to collect as much data as possible. Collected. This weekend in Bahrain will be no different. We know it’s easy to get behind on new car concepts, and the team is working incredibly hard to put more power into the car for upcoming races. ”
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