Alpine based on the ‘Pink Mercedes’ saga

The Alpine team is hoping the FIA ​​will ensure the rival teams don’t collaborate on F1 2022 car designs after Mercedes F1 allegedly helped Racing Point (now Aston Martin F1) last season. Last year, Racing Point caused a lot of controversy when it developed a car that looked like 2019 Mercedes. Some fans also called the team the “Pink Mercedes” team.

Alpine expects the FIA ​​to prevent rival teams from working together

Alpine F1 executive director Marcin Budkowski said his team hopes the FIA ​​will be “all over” rival teams as they collaborate on F1 2022 car designs. Budkowski said: “Definitely into the year 2022, a massive change in the regulations, a big increase in development, a lot of performance with these cars, very green, fresh regulations, the advantages you can get from working together, whether legal or less And if there’s a year that this kind of collaboration can pay off, it’s this year, for 2022. So if there’s a year where we expect the FIA ​​to have it all, it’s this year . “

Alpine worried about repetition of the Mercedes-Racing Point saga

When asked if Alpine was concerned about a rerun of the Racing Point saga, Budkowski said that was difficult to answer, but admitted that there were reasons for concern. The Alpine managing director said, “I don’t know what’s going on in other people’s factories, and I don’t know how much the FIA ​​is looking into it. Obviously, as an independent team, we do not fall under the “scrutiny of sharing everything with our competitors because it would be against our own interests.”

Budkowski added: “The Formula 1 that I think we would all like to see in the future are 10 teams or 11 or 12 that just fight mercilessly against each other and are only there for their own sporting success. Teams have a common interest on sharing information, that’s a problem because it shouldn’t be, you shouldn’t be helping your competitors. So there are concerns, but I can’t say how much I’m not going to blame people because, in effect, I don’t know. And I hope nothing happens. “Last season, Racing Point was fined 15 constructor points and fined € 400,000 for allegedly retrieving data from Mercedes F1 to produce an excellent engine.”

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