The Alpine with his "comfortable" fourth place in the constructors' standings despite the many withdrawals, given by the poor reliability of the Renault engine, can be considered abundantly satisfied with the season that has just ended. The new regulation has posed a new challenge to all the teams, and looking at the 2022 standings compared to the 2021 standings, there are those who came out better, as in the case of Alpine, Haas, and those who came out worse, like AlphaTauri and McLaren which very often found itself fighting against the Alpine with only one striker, Lando Norris. Never like this year has reliability heavily conditioned the results of some teams. Primarily Ferrari with its motorized and Alpine, especially with Fernando Alonso. Despite this, the French team's duo of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon proved to be one of the most solid in the middle of the group.
In 2023 some jersey changes will be in the two rival houses, Alpine and McLaren. In "fight" not only for the position in the constructors' championship. Last August, in fact, within three days Alpine found itself dangerously exposed, having first lost a two-time world champion in Fernando Alonso, and then the young talent who grew up in their nursery, Oscar piastri which should have happened to the Asturian. Piastri's rejection of the second seat in Alpine immediately meant that the Australian already had a Plan B. Plan that was made official after a series of media and legal vicissitudes, which brought Alpine, Piastri and McLaren to court.
In 2023 Piastri will officially be Lando Norris' teammate, while the Alpine with a large shopping campaign decided to hire Pierre Gasly. One choice “forced” but who, according to Otmar Szafnauer, would have brought to the team a "decidedly better" duo than the one previously made up of Piastri and Ocon.

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Piastri's "betrayal", although nobody wants to admit it, has left a deep wound in the French team. However, the arrival of Gasly, a rider who already has a lot of experience in the Circus, was a breath of fresh air. The 2023 driver duo would be even better than expected, according to the Alpine team principal, who today, during the last tests season, was able to see newcomer Pierre Gasly on the track.
"I'm happy because our training with Esteban and Pierre (Gasly) is better than it would have been if we had won that case (Piastri)", said Szafnauer a Motorsport.com. "Only time will tell if the choice will be correct, but I think the Ocon and Gasly duo will be very competitiveIf We did well in tackling the Piastri case. Let's see how next year goes. In any case, I am optimistic. Fernando did an incredible job this year but only next year will we know if the 2023 pair will be better than the 2022 one".
At the basis of these words perhaps there is also the awareness of the path that Piastri should have faced, being a rookie. At least in the beginning it will take time for him to adjust, while Gasly and Ocon are already two experienced riders. The only doubt perhaps lies in the internal friction, also considering that Or with, despite his talent, he struggles to get into the good graces of his teammates. But it will be up to the team to manage the driver duo in the best possible way.
Statement source: Motorsport.com