History
Alpine F1 History
The French Alpine F1 team was born out of the French Renault team in 2021.
In order to promote Groupe Renault's sports car brand, Alpine, the organization rebranded this Formula 1 team from simply Renault to Alpine. Due to sponsorship deals, the team is officially named BWT Alpine F1 team.

Esteban Ocon wins the 2021 Hungarian F1 GP in the Alpine A521
In its first Formula 1 season, the 2021 World Championship, the French team returned the Renault Group to a Grand Prix victory, as Esteban Ocon took a surprising win at the 2021 Hungarian grand prix in Budapest.
It was the group's first Formula 1 win since the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix and the first for an Enstone-based team since the 2013 Australian grand prix.
The team finished 2021 with another podium, as Fernando Alonso (champion with Renault in 2005 and 2006) finished third in the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix.
In its first Formula 1 season, Alpine finished fifth in the World Constructors' Championship with 155 points (81 from Alonso and 74 from Ocon). The results included one win, a podium, and five Top-5 finishes overall.
The first half of the 2022 Formula 1 season was quite strong for Alpine, with Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso scoring 99 points in that span of the championship. The points tally put Alpine fourth in the World Constructors' Championship after the first half, behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes.

Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly
However, the summer break started with controversy, as Fernando Alonso announced on 1 August 2022 that he was leaving the team to join Aston Martin in 2023. After the news shocked Alpine management, the team announced reserve driver Oscar Piastri as Alonso's replacement for 2023.
However, the Australian, who won the 2021 F2 championship, announced that the news wasn't true and that he wasn't going to drive for Alpine in 2023.
Ultimately, Frenchman and Grand Prix winner Pierre Gasly was announced as Ocon's teammate for 2023 after Gasly agreed on a multi-year deal.
The 2022 campaign finished with Alpine in fourth place in the World Constructors' Championship after scoring 173 points. The result is the team's best in Formula 1 under the Alpine name.

Esteban Ocon (FRA) Alpine F1 Team A523. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 7, Monaco Grand Prix, Friday 26th May 2023. Monte Carlo, Monaco.
The French lineup of Alpine started off the 2023 season well, with Gasly scoring points in four of the first six races and Ocon doing so in three of those races. The pair came together in the 2023 Australian Grand Prix but continued driving well afterward.
Ocon, on his side, finished on the podium at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix with a brilliant P3 that followed an excellent qualifying session for him. He had qualified fourth but started the race in third place due to a penalty to the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.
By keeping seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton behind in a dry-wet Monaco race, Ocon achieved his third F1 podium in 117 races.
The team's second and final podium in 2023 came in the Dutch Grand Prix, with Pierre Gasly securing a solid third place in conditions of mixed weather.
Alpine saw former rivals McLaren and Aston Martin make a huge leap in 2023 and quickly fell far behind those two teams. Although Alpine had two podiums in 2023, the season was the worst for the French team since entering F1 in 2021.
Alpine had finished fifth in 2021 and fourth in 2022, but fell to sixth in 2023. The gaps weren't close either, with Alpine falling 160 points behind fifth-placed Aston Martin and 182 behind fourth-placed McLaren.
In 2024, Alpine had Gasly and Ocon in their drivers' lineup, with the pair helping the team finish sixth among Constructors. In the first 20 races of the year, Alpine's best results were four P9 finishes.
However, the 21st race, in Brazil, saw a race in extreme rain conditions, and Alpine pulled off a double podium, with Ocon second and Gasly third. In that race, the team scored 33 points, more than half of their total for the entire year.
The result pushed the team from ninth place to sixth in the Constructors' Championship. Ocon, who had already announced he was leaving Alpine for 2025, was replaced for the final race, with Mick Doohan making his debut.
Doohan's Alpine stint was short-lived, as Argentine driver Franco Colapinto replaced him after only six races in 2025.
Alpine scored only 22 points in 2025, finishing last in the Constructors' standings. Gasly scored each point, with his best result being a P6 at Silverstone.

BARCELONA, SPAIN - JUNE 14: Pierre Gasly of France driving the (10) Alpine F1 A526 Mercedes leads Franco Colapinto of Argentina driving the (43) Alpine F1 A526 Mercedes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Barcelona-Catalunya at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on June 14, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Steven Tee/LAT Images)
They kept Gasly and Colapinto for 2026, while also taking Mercedes power units and dropping the Renault PUs. The new F1 era saw Alpine improving, with Gasly scoring in the first three races and Colapinto finishing in the points in the second race of the year.
Gasly scored points in six of the first seven races (and in the Sprint at Miami), while Colapinto scored four times in that same span.
At Monaco, Gasly finished third on the road but lost his podium after receiving two penalties for exceeding the speed limit in the pits, which dropped him to seventh.
However, Alpine appealed, and the penalties were later rescinded. The FIA confirmed that their system failed, with other drivers also penalised during the race for the same alleged infraction. Unlike Gasly, most of the other drivers served their penalties; Mercedes' George Russell was also penalised during the race for not serving his penalties, which put him out of the points at the end.
The Monaco result remained a hot topic of discussion for months.
On 3 September 2026, the FIA International Court of Appeal announced that, after appeals from McLaren and Red Bull, Gasly's Monaco penalties were reinstated and he fell to seventh place again. This new change prompted frustrated statements from Alpine's Executive Advisor Flavio Briatore.
On 5 September, in Qualifying for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix, Gasly achieved his first career Pole Position, which was also the first for Alpine under that name. Colapinto also achieved his best qualifying result, finishing eighth and, due to penalties, moving up to seventh to start the race.
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