Even before the official presentation, the Alpine is already starting to run fast. Il french team in fact he has already carried out, yesterday at Silverstone, its shakedown with the new A523. We are talking about the first outing, not in official terms, of the stable that finished in fourth place in the standings last season.
Alpine prepares the restart
For the Alpine it will be a French 2023. Alonso's farewell joined to that of Piastri, brought Szafnaeur to choose gasly as the new teammate of the confirmed Esteban Ocon. In yesterday's shakedown, the two Frenchmen did eight (Ocon) and nine (Gasly) laps respectively. The car, according to what was told by Alpine itself, it hasn't given any problems and, ahead of testing in Bahrain, is ready for presentation of Thursday 16.
Ocon: "How much I missed him"
There were, at the end of the day, the words of Esteban Ocon.
“Only when you get back on track with a Formula 1 car do you realize how much you miss yourself! It was an honor to drive the A523 today and experience firsthand all the hard work and improvements that have been put into this car. A big thank you to all the women and men of Viry and Enstone for reaching this milestone and seeing the car on track for the first time. The first lap is always memorable and I'm happy that everything went smoothly today. We will be showing the A523 to the world this Thursday at launch and also on track in Bahrain next week.”
Gasly: “What a great feeling”
In addition to Ocon, they have also arrived the first considerations of Pierre Gasly who thus commented his first kilometers with the A523.
“It's a great feeling to drive again, especially with my new Alpine colours. Today it was necessary to get familiar with the car and in the laps I did I felt very good. I know everyone in the team has worked tirelessly to develop the car over the winter and it is a proud moment to drive it today and see everyone's faces in the garage. I can't wait for the launch Thursday and then to learn even more about the car during testing."
STATEMENT SOURCE: Motorsport.com
