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Budapest Beauty

ALPINE F1 TEAM | PREVIEW | HUNGARIAN GP After the team claimed double points in Silverstone, its focus shifts How does the team reflect How would you describe good performance and retrieve his higher points-scoring positions in the half of the calendar is a gruelling to Hungary. Executive Director analyses the on Silverstone? Fernando and Esteban’s superb early season form. race. schedule and everyone in the team While it’s good we scored double performances last weekend? looks forward to the two-week previous round and looks ahead to racing in Budapest this weekend points in Silverstone – and I think Fernando has now silenced Is the team looking forward to It’s been an intense season so far, break to recharge. But, before we for the Hungarian Grand Prix. very important points for the for good whoever doubted his racing in Hungary? how is the team approaching the can relax, we are aiming for another championship - our ambitions return would be a success. His On a personal level, I always enjoy final race before the strong showing and a double points remain higher than finishing seventh speed is still there, and his race- the trip to Budapest. It’s a beautiful summer break? finish in Hungary. Q&A and ninth. That said, as a team, we craft is second to none, as we city and one of my favourite It’s the stage of the year when contributed to the success of the saw once again in both races last destinations of the season, and I Grand Prix fatigue is kicking in first Sprint Qualifying in Formula 1, Saturday and Sunday. He will no think most of the team will agree after quite a few races already. It’s thanks to a brave tyre choice and doubt continue pushing himself with me! The Hungaroring is a tight been a big push from the start of Marcin Budkowski great drives from Fernando and and the team as the season goes and twisty track and notoriously the season with both Enstone and Executive Director Esteban, which allowed us to recover on. After two difficult weekends, difficult to overtake on. That means Viry working hard to develop the from a somewhat disappointing it was great to see Esteban in qualifying will be important and we car. The focus has now switched qualifying performance on Friday - good form and a solid weekend will need to realise the potential of entirely to 2022 at both factories, and to put on a good show for the allowed him to return to the the car on Saturday to put ourselves meaning there are fewer new parts fans in attendance. points. He can now build on this in a place where we can fight for the coming to the track, but the second | PREVIEW | HUNGARIAN GP ”We have identified further areas to work on and that means we’re feeling ready to go for it this weekend in Hungary. I’m looking forward to it!”

ALPINE F1 TEAM | PREVIEW | HUNGARIAN GP Hungry for Hungary

Esteban Ocon made a return to the points in Silverstone to end a four-race point-less streak. Now, he is looking ahead to racing at the Hungaroring, one of his favourite circuits on the Formula 1 calendar. The Frenchman is targeting more points before the summer break.

Esteban Ocon Race Driver #31

What’s the feeling heading to Hungary? How challenging is a lap of the Hungaroring? The Hungaroring is one of my favourite tracks on The circuit is fast with a lot of interesting corner the Formula 1 calendar. It’s a great place to drive combinations. It’s a fun lap when you get it right. a Formula 1 car as it has a nice flow and rhythm Sector 1 has the long straight with an overtaking to it: it’s all about maximising corners and piecing opportunity into Turn 1 and then again at Turn 2 where everything together. I’m feeling happy going to it’s possible to overtake. Turn 4 is a very satisfying Hungary after a promising weekend in Silverstone corner as it’s so fast and blind on the entry. The rest where the car felt much better than it had in previous of the lap is relatively fast and quite twisty, except the rounds. The team and I have continued to work hard chicane, with the final sector quite tight with the two in our preparation on the simulator to be ready for hairpins. The tyres tend to overheat in the final sector Q&A Hungary. It’s the final round before the summer so that’s something we have to keep an eye on. break, and the aim is to score more points to end the first part of the season on a positive trend. How important was it to be in the points in Silverstone last time out? What’s your record like there? I was pleased to return to the points in Silverstone after I have some good memories from the Hungaroring. a difficult run of races. It was important that we bounced I won two from three races there in 2014 in Formula back and our performance, in general, was good. I think 3 with three pole positions. In GP3, I was on the the Sprint format worked in our favour on this occasion podium twice, so it’s definitely a circuit I feel positive as we took a gamble by starting on Softs and it meant about. In Formula 1, the results haven’t reflected we were better placed on the Sunday grid. I was a little my confidence at the track, so that’s a record I want unfortunate at the start but other than that, our pace to improve. This year, we will target a solid Friday’s was competitive, we have identified further areas to work ready to attack the rest of the weekend. work on and that means we’re feeling ready to go for it this weekend in Hungary. I’m looking forward to it!

ALPINE F1 TEAM | PREVIEW | HUNGARIAN GP ”We have an important weekend ahead, so I’ll be fully focused on racing. It’s our last race before the summer shutdown and I am looking to continue our good form in Budapest.”

ALPINE F1 TEAM | PREVIEW | HUNGARIAN GP Birthday boy

Fernando Alonso heads to Budapest for the final Grand Prix before Formula 1’s summer break, having mesmerised the paddock with his performances in the British Grand Prix. The Spaniard now returns to the place of his first ever win in Formula 1 as he aims to celebrate his birthday weekend with another good result at the Hungaroring.

Fernando Alonso Race Driver #14

You made it five points You’re returning to the track It’s your birthday on scoring finishes in a row at where you took your maiden Thursday, what will you be the British Grand Prix, how Formula 1 victory in 2003. doing to celebrate it? was the weekend for you? What are your thoughts I am looking forward to the birthday It will be interesting to see what heading into the weekend? celebrations. I think the team have the fans thought of the new format I’m looking forward to it. Obviously, a few things planned too. It’s quite as, at the end of the day, it was it’s a circuit where there isn’t nice to be celebrating a birthday designed for them, but I did like that much time to breathe with lots at a Formula 1 weekend so I can’t there was action on all three of the of tight corners. It feels like a big complain. We will be sure to have days. I did well in Sprint Qualifying go-kart circuit. We all love driving some cake and celebrate a little and made the most of my start, there because I think the driver bit, but we have an important Q&A overtaking quite a few cars around has a quite a bit more input than weekend ahead, so I’ll be fully the first few corners. Then the race some circuits. I’ve had some good focused on racing. It’s our last race on Sunday was tough and felt very results in Hungary, most notably before the summer shutdown long. We executed a very good race in 2003 when I took my first ever and I am looking to continue and strategy, scoring some more Formula 1 win. I’ve also scored our good form in Budapest. points for the team. It was nice a few podiums too and the pole seeing the fans in the grandstands position in 2009 was good. I feel like and it really added to the occasion. the team is improving all the time, The result means I have to continue especially after the performance doing a track walk in Budapest, at Silverstone where both cars which will probably be a hot one! finished in the points, so we’re hopeful of another good weekend.

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Martins and Collet set sights on Hungary as Formula 3 nears halfway

Alpine Academy pair and Caio Collet are in action this weekend as the FIA Formula 3 Championship races on the Formula 1 support programme for round four of the season. Victor Martins Caio Collet It’s been a solid opening part of the year #17, MP Motorsport #18, MP Motorsport for both Victor and Caio, who are rookies in this year’s championship. Victor is fifth in the series on 66 points with Caio eighth “Budapest is our next weekend, “I’m really looking forward to on 41 points. It was a frustrating round and that means we are reaching Budapest. It’s a track that I’ve in Austria last time out for the duo after the halfway point of the season. been to in 2019 and it’s a track showing promising speed. I’m pretty pleased about our that I really like so I am really performance on track since looking forward to it. I think Caio had pole position snatched away the first race this year and I we had the pace in Austria, for a track limits infringement and was believe we are getting stronger but we only came out with a given a 10-second penalty in Race 1 for a weekend by weekend. I’ve had few points, so in Budapest I’m similar offence meaning he was demoted some good memories at the targeting a clean weekend, get to seventeenth place after finishing track in Hungary, and I love points in every race, and fight sixth. Victor finished fourth on the road the flow of the circuit. So, I’m for pole on Friday like we did but a penalty for him pushed him back really looking forward to racing in Austria. I want to battle for a place. Further misfortune followed in there and I’m going to approach podiums and wins in the races Race 2 with Caio outside the points in the weekend like I always do: on Saturday and Sunday. I’m seventeenth. Victor was second with two enjoy it, work hard, analyse the really looking forward to it and, laps to go, chasing first place, but a high- data and deliver the results. as a team, I think we’ve really pressure fuel pump failure meant he had I’m confident that things will put a lot of work in the past to retire. go our way and that we will few weeks. I’m excited to get be able to score big points by back in the car this weekend.” For Race 3, starting P4, Caio stalled on the the end of the weekend!” line falling to P30 by Turn 1. He overtook 19 cars to finish in seventh place at the chequered flag. Victor was running in sixth place when he was taken out by at Turn 4, forcing him to retire.

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