Alpine has increased over time to its worst point in recent years. A doomed team that had been desperately seeking investment funds for months to stay in contention has struck gold in the Brazilian Grand Prix of Formula 1. There, in the circuit of Interlagosthe conditions and surprising but good race management gave them a double podium Esteban Ocon And Pierre Gaslywhich represents his best result since the mark Renault was converted.
With the prospect of losing the French engines in 2026, Alpine had difficulty finding an engine, being the penultimate team ranked in the constructors’ table. But his second and third place Sao Paulo made them take an incalculable leap which places them sixth with 49 points, three more than haas and five more than Visa Cash app R.B.an income they can sustain until the end of the year World inside Abu Dhabi GP They would have saved a financially catastrophic season.
Only with the incredible result of Brazil, those of Enstone They received an injection estimated at 26 million euros, almost nothing for a team struggling to survive on the grid. Alpine hadn’t climbed to those positions and hadn’t come close, in fact their best mark this year had been ninth, so Renault must have been pretty happy.
And Alpine had hit rock bottom in 2024, continually occupying the ninth and penultimate position among manufacturers, which only placed them ahead Sauberwho has not added a single point in the entire championship with Valtteri Bottas And Guan Yuzhou. Since the departure of Fernando Alonso In 2023, neither Ocon nor Gasly had managed to keep the top 5 teams, quite the contrary. So much so that it led to the non-renewal of the first of the French to sign the debutant. Jack Doohan in anticipation of next year.
A strategy that saves Alpine
Impeccable strategy from Alpine, stretching out the first stop and waiting for the FIA stopped the test, led to a situation in which Ocon was leading several laps and only a yellow flag really reduced his distance with Max Verstappenwho will eventually overtake him after the accident suffered by Carlos Sainz. Despite this, the difference with the rest of the drivers was already big enough to stay on the podium until the end of the test, triggering a tremendous party at the end of it.
Ecstasy and above all relief were what reigned at Alpine in this spectacular celebration of a historic result for Enstone. After almost two years of poor results, layoffs and a radical change in structure with three team managers in 365 days, the legendary French team has raised its head, at least, until the start of the next World Cup. This is when they must take the last step to survive an F1 that has no mercy for the poor and is gathering more and more candidates to access the grid.
