If you remember the original Arnie version, don't forget your meds
by Vijay Pattni
It’s the brand’s first all-electric customer competition car, priced at P4.78-M
Say hello to the Alpine A290 Rallye, the brand's first all-electric customer competition car, intended for both one-make events and open races. It's set to debut later this year.Though the running gear has been adapted for motorsport,
French team. German power
Alpine has confirmed that it will use engines and gearboxes built by Mercedes-Benz when the new era of F1 regulations take hold in 2026.The move has long been expected: Rumours about parent firm Renault's wavering commitment to developing its
by Joe Holding
It’s a map-based design, though, and we had hoped to see more
Following on from its Deadpool & Wolverine livery back at the Belgian Grand Prix, Alpine has announced that it'll run a special Indiana Jones look at this weekend's United States Grand Prix in Austin.Rather than being inspired by Harrison Ford
by Greg Potts
Alpine is expected to take Mercedes engines in 2026
This is a historic, sad, and long-expected moment: Renault is to end its Formula 1 engine program after almost half a century in the sport.It first entered F1 in 1977 with a new-fangled turbocharged engine, and for a handful
by Joe Holding
He’s been the team’s reserve driver since 2023
Alpine has confirmed that its second seat alongside Pierre Gasly will be filled by reserve driver Jack Doohan in 2025. And if that name rings a bell for you, it should: The 21-year-old is the son of Mick Doohan-yep,
by Joe Holding
The announcement came a week after his incident at the Monaco GP
Esteban Ocon will be leaving Alpine at the end of the 2024 F1 season. Yep, just over a week after Ocon's unwise lunge down the inside of his teammate on lap one of the Monaco Grand Prix, his team has confirmed
by Greg Potts
A step back in time
Japan certainly doesn't have a shortage of automotive museums. There's the Toyota Automobile Museum in Aichi, the Mitsubishi Auto Gallery (also in Aichi), and the Fuji Motor Sports Museum in Shizuoka.But nestled in the port area of Minato in
Mr. Deadpool himself has chimed in with a €200 million investment
In a very serious-sounding statement, the Renault Group and Alpine has announced an enormous investment from Otro Capital, their partner RedBird Capital Partners and Maximum Effort Investments into Alpine Racing.It's the latter of those investors that's caught the
by Vijay Pattni
It will be Ocon and Gasly at Alpine for 2023
The long-running summer saga over who actually wants to drive for Alpine in 2023 has finally been resolved: the team has signed Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri to replace the outgoing Fernando Alonso.Not content with having a limited edition version of
by Joe Holding
An admirable endeavor
Almost half a century has passed since the last female driver featured in an F1 race: in 1976, Lella Lombardi took her Brabham-Ford to 12th at the Austrian Grand Prix, a feat that hasn't been repeated since.Nor has her
by Joe Holding
This was a fun day
Formula 1 is back! And for 2022, there's a whole new set of car design rules for the teams to chew over: regulations supposed to reduce the 'dirty air' made by all those wings and vanes. Less dirty air means cars
by TopGear.com
The team will sport a pink flipped livery for the first two races of the season
Alpine has finally pulled the wraps off the A522. It gets a striking new livery that combines the traditional blue of Alpine with the pink of ex-Racing Point and Aston Martin sponsor BWT. Looks fantastic, doesn't it?For the first
by Joe Holding
The best way to spend an F1 break? With history lessons, of course...
This you probably know already: Max Verstappen claimed his first Formula 1 world title over the weekend, but Mercedes successfully defended its constructors' championship. What you might not know yet: Sir Jackie Stewart, a triple world champion himself, can take some pride
by Adam Waddell
The two-time champion is staying at Alpine
Big news in the world of Formula 1, and no it's not that season four of Netflix's Drive to Survive has been confirmed for an early 2022 release.Nope, we're talking about Fernando Alonso. The 40-year-old has
by Greg Potts
Some big launches from the week
It packs a 288hp 1.8-liter four-banger and can do 0-100kph in 4.4sec
Alpine's future may look electric, but the very much gasoline-powered A110 sports car continues service until new projects come along.And this might be its 'best of all worlds' option. It's the Legende GT 2021, a limited edition that
“The idea of putting F1 at the core gives Alpine credibility as a company”
Renault's CEO Luca de Meo has the mother and father of turnaround plans to implement. He's recently set the ailing French giant on a streamlined new course, teasing us with an all-new, pure-electric Renault 5 and-unexpectedly-positioning
by Jason Barlow
The model will arrive by 2025
Heavyweight news, delivered by two of the car world's lightweight stars. Alpine and Lotus have today confirmed plans to play together in the sandbox of electricity-specifically, to develop a fully-electric sports car. Yep, we're gonna need a bigger-
by Vijay Pattni
Build it!
Welcome to the best thing we've seen so far this year-a higher-riding, wider Alpine A110 inspired by the rally cars of the company's past. Unfortunately, the A110 SportsX is not a third derivative of the model, to be
by Tom Harrison
Supra vs. Porsche Cayman, BMW M2 Competition, and Alpine A110. Bring it on
As racetracks go, windswept, patchy Llandow is not one of the world's greats. But it is somewhere we can cut loose. As driving roads go, Llandudno's jogger-heavy Marine Drive is not one of the world's greats. But it
