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Alpine's about to face most critical test yet of new era

Alpine's about to face most critical test yet of new era

·Updated 2 hrs ago·41 pts

TL;DR

Alpine faces its toughest test yet as it struggles in the midfield after starting the season aiming to challenge the top four.

  • Alpine's initial goal was to hunt down the big four teams this season.
  • The team has slumped into the midfield, indicating a significant performance drop.

From The Race · 2 hrs ago

Alpine started the season with ambitions of hunting down the big four F1 teams. Why has it slumped into the midfield?

How bad is it really?

Alpine have scored 4 points across the last 3 rounds, down from 22 in the 3 before.

Their car ranks 7th of 11 on qualifying pace, 1.704s off the pace leader in recent qualifying.

Best finish in that run: 9th.

Alpine season record

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