.jpg) Fernando Alonso in the Alpine A522 at theBritish Grand Prix | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Alpine | ||||||||||
| Designers | Pat Fry(Chief Technical Officer) Matt Harman(Technical Director) Naoki Tokunaga(Chief Transformation Officer) Simon Virrill(Chief Designer) Steve Booth(Chief Engineer) Pierre Genon(Head of Performance Systems) Dirk de Beer(Head of Aerodynamics) James Rodgers(Chief Aerodynamicist) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Alpine A521 | ||||||||||
| Successor | Alpine A523 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbone push-rod | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Double wishbone pull-rod | ||||||||||
| Engine | Mecachrome-built and assembledRenault E-Tech RE22 1.6 L (98 cu in) direct injectionV6turbocharged engine limited to 15,000RPM in amid-mounted, rear-wheel drive layout 1.6 L (98 cu in) Turbo Rear-mid mounted | ||||||||||
| Electric motor | Kinetic andthermal energy recovery systems | ||||||||||
| Power | More than 950 hp (710 kW)[1] | ||||||||||
| Fuel | BP[2] | ||||||||||
| Lubricants | Castrol[2] | ||||||||||
| Tyres | |||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | BWT Alpine F1 Team | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 14. Fernando Alonso31.  Esteban Ocon | ||||||||||
| Debut | 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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TheAlpine A522 is aFormula One car designed and constructed by theBWT Alpine F1 Team and competed in the2022 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven byFernando Alonso andEsteban Ocon. The chassis is Alpine's first car under the 2022 technical regulations.[3]
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The car was generally about as competitive as its predecessor, theA521, and was regularly in the hunt for points at races, but not usually troubling the top teams. One of the car's key strengths is its top speed, which was particularly evident in races such asBaku, where it was noted that other cars could not catch the A522 on the straightaways, despite the advantage of DRS. The team had reliability problems in several races, however the team beat McLaren to 4th in the constructors' championship - their best finish since 2018.
To mark the start of the sponsorship deal between Alpine andBWT, the A522 competed in the first two races of the season, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, in pink livery, completely replacing the usual blue livery.[4]
In June 2022,Racing Pride announced a partnership with [Alpine, which saw Racing Pride work with Alpine on a number of initiatives to ensure their pathways for attracting emerging talent are welcoming toLGBTQ+ people, and the team pledged to show support and raise awareness and for the LGBTQ+ community.[5] Coinciding withPride Month 2022, the Formula 1 team also ran a special pride livery on their Alpine cars throughout the month of June,[6] with other nods to the LGBTQ+ community throughout the team's sites.
Alpine CEOLaurent Rossi said of the partnership: "For so long, motorsport has not been representative of the diversity we see in wider society. There are various reasons, but we need to look forward and challenge the biases we see. Our journey starts here. The LGBTQ+ community has lacked visible representation and support within our industry, and we need to change this. We want Alpine to be an open, inclusive and productive place to work and for our employees to feel happy and supported in their workplace. A happy environment gives greater creativity and that is exactly what we need to foster as we move forward. To do so, we need to fully understand the challenges some of the under-represented groups in motorsport face. Pride Month is a good place to start; we know that we need to do more to give this community a voice and representation.".[5]
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Not classified, finished (NC) | |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Race cancelled (C) | |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) | |
| Did not arrive (DNA) | |
| Withdrawn (WD) | |
| Did not enter (empty cell) | |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| P | Pole position |
| F | Fastest lap |
| Superscript number | Points-scoring position insprint |
| Year | Entrant | Power unit | Tyres | Driver name | Grands Prix | Points | WCC pos. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| BHR | SAU | AUS | EMI | MIA | ESP | MON | AZE | CAN | GBR | AUT | FRA | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | SIN | JPN | USA | MXC | SAP | ABU | |||||||
| 2022 | BWT Alpine F1 Team | Renault E-Tech RE22 | P | Fernando Alonso | 9 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | 19† | 5 | Ret | 173 | 4th |
| Esteban Ocon | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 6 | Ret | 56 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Reference:[7][8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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