Alpine reveal F1 rivals blocked attempt to reduce Pierre Gasly’s race ban risk
Pierre Gasly has the unwanted record of most points of any driver within the paddock.
Otmar Szafnauer
Otmar Szafnauer overruled by Alpine engineers in attempt to hunt down Ferrari
The Alpine boss was convinced to play it safe by his team of engineers...
Otmar Szafnauer makes Force India 2014 comparison with Aston Martin improvements
Otmar Szafnauer spent 12 years at the Silverstone team so should know what he is talking about.
Otmar Szafnauer warns of F1 ‘loophole’ that is in danger of being exploited
Otmar Szafnauer says there is a potential staff-related loophole which threatens to make the budget cap redundant.
Otmar Szafnauer explains pit blunder after Alpine double penalty
Esteban Ocon equalled an unwanted record in Bahrain of the most penalties given to a driver in one race.
Alpine’s reliability catching up on ‘aggressive’ powertrain approach
Otmar Szafnauer is confident the Renault engine issues that plagued Alpine last year are consigned to the past.
Otmar Szafnauer has another dig at Oscar Piastri, vows to ‘eliminate loopholes’ in junior contracts
Alpine won't get caught out again and will "treasure the lessons" learned in the Oscar Piastri saga.
Alpine’s goal for 2023 is to ‘get one step closer’ in the ‘Mountain Climber’ plan
Even if they remain fourth this season, Alpine need to be closer to P3 than to the fifth-placed team.
Otmar Szafnauer warns of rivals ‘looking to exploit loopholes’ in the budget cap
Teams are having personnel work from a "boat for some of the time" in order to "stuff" them under the cap.
Otmar Szafnauer details talks with Colton Herta in attempt to release Pierre Gasly
Otmar Szafnauer took on the role of wingman in Red Bull's effort to sign Colton Herta.
Otmar Szafnauer explains why ‘two popes’ does work with Laurent Rossi at Alpine
The two popes model didn't work at Aston Martin, but it does at Alpine says Otmar Szafnauer.
Alpine unconcerned by porpoising for 2023 as ‘significant changes’ on the way
Alpine's Otmar Szafnauer has said there will be "significant change" to the design of their 2023 F1 car...
Alpine confirm their commitment to Academy after talk of axing programme
The Alpine Academy will continue in 2023 after question marks were raised following the Oscar Piastri saga in 2022...
Alpine’s 2022 development rate only matched ‘maybe by Mercedes’
Alpine reckon they were one of the best when it came to development in 2022, "maybe" matched by Mercedes.
Otmar Szafnauer on the Charlie Whiting joke that turned out to be true
F1's joke that it would need three people to replace Charlie Whiting turned out to be true.
Otmar Szafnauer: Ocon and Gasly a better Alpine pairing than Ocon and Piastri
Otmar Szafnauer believes an Ocon/Gasly duo is "faster" than an Ocon/Piastri partnership, but admits "time will tell" if he is correct.
Alpine wouldn’t have finished higher than P4 even with Fernando Alonso’s lost points
Otmar Szafnauer stands by the team's decision to go for performance over reliability.
Otmar Szafnauer lauds Esteban Ocon’s ‘Minister of Defence’ showing in Abu Dhabi
Otmar Szafnauer praised Esteban Ocon for his improvements, highlighting that the 'Minister of Defence' mantle should potentially move to him.
Otmar Szafnauer explains Esteban Ocon’s ‘let me race’ radio message
When the Alpine drivers work together, they score points, and if they "crash into each other" then "nobody scores."
Otmar Szafnauer would rather take P4 and the money over extra wind tunnel time
Otmar Szafnauer does not yet know how much P4 will be worth but he will take it over extra R&D time.
Otmar Szafnauer: Wrong to ‘punish’ Alpine if Pierre Gasly picks up a race ban
Pierre Gasly is 10 points towards the 12 that would trigger a ban - Otmar Szafnauer thinks it would be unjust if Alpine were made to suffer.
Alpine planning off-season engine reliability fixes after spate of failures
Alpine intend to get their frequent power-unit problems sorted out during the winter.
Alpine confident of fix after cylinder blew in Fernando Alonso’s A522
Fernando Alonso's Alpine was running with only five of six cylinders, but the team are confident they can get it sorted.
Otmar Szafnauer tells Haas: Ignorance of the law is not an acceptable excuse
But Otmar Szafnauer does concede the rules regarding racing damaged cars need to be clarified.
Otmar Szafnauer says Red Bull’s punishment ‘fits the crime’, wants F1 to move on
Otmar Szafnauer believes the fine and wind tunnel reduction given to Red Bull was a fair punishment.
Alpine considered Daniel Ricciardo for 2023 drive before choosing Pierre Gasly
Pierre Gasly was the one Alpine went for, but Daniel Ricciardo was also part of the discussion.
Alpine explain what Pierre Gasly has that Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri are missing
Pierre Gasly has "youth, experience and speed", Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri are both missing one of those...
Alpine believe ‘similar issue’ caused their Singapore double DNF
Otmar Szafnauer wants "pretentative measures" put in place to avoid a repeat for Alpine.
Otmar Szafnauer suggests ‘restricting wind tunnel testing’ for budget cap breachers
Otmar Szafnauer suggests "appropriate punishment" for teams guilty of breaching the budget cap.
Otmar Szafnauer not pointing fingers over Oscar Piastri contract shortcomings
No blame, just a need to "understand where the shortcomings were and fix them for the future".