Alpine A524

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Alpine A524
Pierre Gasly 2024 Chinese GP.jpg
An A524 driven by Gasly during the Chinese Grand Prix
Category Formula One
Designer(s) Matthew Harman (Technical Director)
Simon Virrill (Chief Designer)
Benjamin Norton (Chief Engineer)
Steven Booth (Head of Engineering)
Dirk de Beer (Head of Aerodynamics)
James Rodgers (Chief Aerodynamicist)
Predecessor Alpine A523
Technical specifications
Suspension (front)Double wishbone push-rod
Suspension (rear)Double wishbone push-rod
Engine Mecachrome-built and assembled Renault E-Tech RE24
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
Fuel BP [1]
Lubricants Castrol [1]
Tyres
Competition history
Notable entrants BWT Alpine F1 Team
Notable drivers
Debut 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last event 2024 Miami Grand Prix
RacesWins Podiums Poles F/Laps
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The Alpine A524 is a Formula One racing car designed and developed by the Alpine F1 Team competing in the 2024 Formula One World Championship. [2] It is the fourth Formula One car entered by Alpine since rebranding from Renault. The A524 is being driven by Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, while reserve driver duties are handled by Formula 2 driver and Alpine junior Jack Doohan. It is widely considered to be a step down from its predecessor, and one of the least competitive cars on track.

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History

Alpine unveiled the car at a launch event at their factory at Enstone on 7 February 2024. [2] [3] It sported a mostly bare carbon livery, with streaks of blue and pink across the car. Two liveries were released, a traditional blue one and a pink one in partnership with title sponsors BWT. It originally sported little colour, but from pre-season testing onwards, a blue stripe was added across the front nose cone. The pink livery was unchanged. The car made its first appearance at the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix. [4] The car's weaknesses were observed to be a lack of traction, a lack of downforce, and it being 11 kilograms heavier than the 798kg minimum. This extra weight came from an attempt to strengthen the monocoque, which had failed its lateral load test. [5] A lighter chassis appeared at the Chinese Grand Prix. [6]

Season summary

The Alpine A524's performance on track compared to previous cars was immediately deemed to be lacking [5] at the Bahrain Grand Prix, locking out the last two places on the grid during qualifying and finishing seventeenth and eighteenth behind Valtteri Bottas, who had suffered a slow pit stop, and Logan Sargeant. [7] Alpine's woes continued into the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with both drivers once again suffering a Q1 knockout with Ocon in seventeenth and Gasly eighteenth. While Gasly retired after the formation lap due to a gearbox problem, Ocon finished in thirteenth. [8] At the Australian Grand Prix, Ocon made it to Q2 but was only able to qualify in fifteenth, and Gasly was knocked out of Q1 once again in seventeenth. Gasly finished in thirteenth and Ocon sixteenth - last on track after George Russell retired, with Gasly receiving a five-second time penalty for crossing the pit exit line. [9] The Japanese Grand Prix saw Ocon qualify fifteenth once again with Gasly in seventeenth, with both drivers finishing fifteenth and sixteenth respectively. [10]

The first sprint weekend of the Chinese Grand Prix saw Gasly and Ocon qualify sixteenth and seventeenth respectively, with Ocon finishing thirteenth and Gasly fifteenth. Both Alpines made it into Q2 for qualifying for the main race, with Ocon, who qualified thirteenth, finishing eleventh and Gasly, who qualified fifteenth, finishing thirteenth. [11]

At the sprint qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix, Gasly and Ocon qualified for sixteenth and thirteenth respectively. Ocon would finish fifteenth and Gasly would finish ninth, Alpine's highest race finishing position to date. Both Alpines made it into Q2 for qualifying for the main race. Gasly, who qualified twelfth, would remain in twelfth during the race. Ocon, who qualified thirteenth, would finish in tenth, giving Alpine's first point finish of the season.

Complete Formula One results

(key)

YearEntrantPower unitTyresDriver nameGrands PrixPointsWCC pos.
BHR SAU AUS JPN CHN MIA MON ESP CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL NED ITA SIN AZE QAT USA MXC SAP LVG ABU
2024 BWT Alpine F1 Team Renault E-Tech RE24 P Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly 18Ret131613121*8th*
Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon 171316151110
Reference: [12] [13]

* Season still in progress

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