ALPINE NEWS - MAY 2021

UPCOMING NEWS

Second collaboration with the artist Felipe Pantone

After a first collaboration with the Spanish Argentinean artist and the unveiling of a 1:2 scale car, Felipe Pantone gives a 2nd interpretation of his vision of alpine.

Story: the A110’s biggest fan

Resulting from the collaboration between the Alpine F1 Team and Alpine Racing.

Sports calendar

[F1] This May 23 marks the Monaco Grand Prix. The Alpine F1 Team is looking forward to other points finish, and the Grand Prix promises to be a thrilling one.
On June 6, the teams will fly to Azerbaijan for the sixth race of the year: the Baku Grand Prix.
The season continues at Le Castellet on June 18 with the Grand Prix de France.

[WEC] June 13th will see the second race of the WEC season with the 8 Hours of Portimao.

[CUP] The Spa-Francorchamps circuit will host the Alpine Elf CUP on June 20.

FOCUS ON… THE LAUNCH OF THE 2021 ALPINE ESPORTS TEAM SEASON

In early April, Alpine launched its first virtual race team in partnership with Simracing expert Race Clutch.

Esports is a rapidly growing and popular dicipline for video game fans around the world. In 2019, Esports gathered more than 450 million viewers for all games combined, with a forecast of nearly 646 million viewers by 2023.
The market is growing by 9% every year and the number of fans of these virtual sports is increasing.

Represented by Nicolas Longuet and Fabrizio Donoso, Alpine Esports Team will attempt to reach the top of the F1 Esports Pro-Series rankings, starting in September 2021. Broadcasted in more than 30 countries around the world, this competition brings together 10 teams from F1 for a cash prize of 750 000$. For this new season, the two drivers are backed up by a reserve driver and are supervised by Richard Arnaud, Team Director, two race engineers and a data engineer.

Based in Limoges, Alpine Esports Team is committed to performance. Thanks to the know-how of the Alpine F1 Team, the Esports Team follows the same tracks in order to be able to shine in the competition: the pilots engage themselves daily in trainings lasting 6 to 8 hours and their diet is subjected to a specific regime worthy of the greatest sportsmen.

Link to the press release

DID YOU KNOW?

“Alpine Ladies drives at Le Mans”

In 1975, Alpine celebrated its return to Le Mans after a few years break. That year, it celebrated the “Year of the woman” and entrusted the V6 2-litre A441C to the Italian Lella Lombardi and the French lady driver Marie-Claude Beaumont. The crew was not very successful at Le Mans but that same year, Lella Lombardi made history at the F1 Spain Grand Prix where she finished P6 thus becoming the only woman to be classified/ranked in the F1 world championship.

“Wood in the WEC cars”

Packed with electronics, high technologies and materials, prototypes that race in the World Endurance Championship have a wooden part hidden under the chassis. Called Jabroc, the wood used is a composite, a bit like plywood, which is manufactured at very high pressure and temperature. Initially, this wood was used to make aircraft propellers during the Second World War (Spitfire in particular). This wood is half as strong as steel but weighs only 20% of steel.

The purpose of this wear part is to allow the stewards to measure the car's ground clearance after the race. Indeed, from a regulatory point of view, the smallest vertical distance between the ground and the lowest part of the floor of the car must have a minimum value. The lower the car is set, the more the wooden board will rub and wear, especially in those parts of the circuit where the flatness is not perfect.

At the end of each FIA WEC championship race, the thickness of the wood plank of the prototypes must not have decreased by more than 5 mm.

RECAP OF THE LATEST NEWS

ALPINE A110 LÉGENDE GT 2021 (12/05/2021)

Alpine presents the A110 LÉGENDE GT 2021, a limited edition of just 300 units for Europe. In this incarnation, the A110 LÉGENDE GT 2021 takes the A110 to new heights with a hitherto unseen elegance. Based on the Légende version, the A110 LÉGENDE GT 2021 re-interprets the features of the GT coupé, adopting the 292hp engine of the A110S to create an entirely new fusion of comfort and performances. 

Link to the Press Release

APPOINTMENTS IN THE ALPINE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (11/05/2021)

• As of April 1st, 2021, Cédric JOURNEL joins the Alpine Business Unit as Sales & Marketing Vice President of the brand.
• As of May 1st, François PIERRARD is appointed Director Strategy and Business Development of the Alpine Business Unit.
• As of April 19th, 2021, David GENDRY is appointed Alpine Marketing & Communication Director.

Link to the press release

STORY: TAKE A SEAT (29/04/2021)

In Formula 1, as in endurance racing, the preparation for competition involves a major step: the molding of the bucket. Nicolas Lapierre, the most experienced driver of the new Alpine Elf Matmut Endurance Team trio, molded his in the Signatech premises in Bourges. A major contributor to the recent world titles won by Alpine, the driver looks back on this key stage.

Link to the story

HERE COME THE ALPINE A110 TRACKSIDE CARS! (16/04/2021)

The Alpine A110 Trackside made its debut at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola. They will be used by the Alpine F1 Team drivers, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, for their travels during the European Grands Prix.

Link to the press release & photos + B-Roll

ALPINE X FELIPE PANTONE (12/04/2021)

Speed, control, emotion... To mark Alpine's commitment to Formula 1, artist Felipe Pantone has created a work inspired by motor sport in which geometric compositions and optical effects evoke the
intensity of racing. Called "Alpine F1 x Felipe Pantone", this half-scale
interpretation has been installed on the second floor of the Atelier Renault, now entirely dedicated to Alpine.

Link to the Press Release

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