“We’ve got a new floor coming for Singapore, which has got a massive step of downforce.' 💬 Alpine is expecting an uptick in performance with its planned Singapore F1 updates ⬇️
The Enstone-based squad has had the fourth quickest car for much of the season, and in the constructors’ championship is currently 18 points ahead of McLaren in the fight to be best-of-the-rest behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes.
Sporting director Alan Permane is adamant that Monza’s showing was just a one-off and, for the next race in Singapore, its slow speed nature allied to the latest development will deliver a very different picture.“We’ve got a new floor coming for Singapore, which has got a massive step of downforce. We’ll be back where we should be, and we’re really looking forward to there and especially Suzuka with this car. It’s going to be fun.
However, Permane said that there were some key answers that needed digging out, such as why the team’s pace fell away from what appeared to be a quite competitive Friday.“We ran absolutely fine on Friday and that’s the tricky thing, that’s what we don’t understand. Long run with no DRS, so really using your full drag, we looked alright. Quicker than McLaren and quicker than all the people that we were racing.
“But I think we genuinely struggled for pace a little bit. We struggled in qualifying. Both drivers said they made mistakes, which is uncharacteristic, so clearly the car was difficult to drive.
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