The Enstone-based team has spent many years in Formula One's middle, but their goal remains to return to the top of the field.
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Marcin Budkowski, Alpine’s executive director, says he’s seeing “encouraging” signals at the team ahead of 2022, but concedes it’s too early to tell how they compare to the rest of the grid. Budkowski applauded his team’s improvement in 2021, and he noted that it reflects well for how the squad will be able to operate in the future. Alpine’s season was marked by a win and a podium finish, but the executive director believes the team’s current approach is promising for the future.
“Given that we’ve had the same engine pretty much for the last three years, the frozen chassis and gearbox for strategic reasons to invest our resources elsewhere, we’ve actually done pretty well with the platform that we had,” said Budkowski, quoted by Motorsport.com.
“Both at the track and in terms of developing the areas where we could, so it is very encouraging for next season. Now we know our numbers, but we don’t know other people’s numbers,” he added.
The Enstone-based team has spent many years in Formula One’s middle, but their goal remains to return to the top of the field and compete for more triumphs and, ultimately, trophies. They identified the necessity to strengthen their 2022 power unit if they are to achieve a significant improvement in their performance. Away from the track, Budkowski attributes the team’s improvement to behind-the-scenes adjustments that have begun to bear fruit in recent seasons, and he expects the trend will continue.
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“I am certainly proud of the way the team works,” said the executive director. “It has changed an awful lot in the last few years and that change is starting to bear its fruits. It certainly does at the track, and it certainly does at the factory, even though it is not visible yet because our focus for more than two years has been next year’s car.”
“But when I see the factory and all the work and interactions and all the people who we brought in over the last few years, it is looking good for next year. I think we’ve shown it this season that when opportunities came, we were able to deliver them, and there are a few races where we were not competitive and we didn’t really know why, so I knew we needed to sort this. There is a lot of work going on in the background to sort that, as there is a lot of work going on for the car and on the whole package. It is looking promising,” he added.
