{"id":277525,"date":"2025-11-11T11:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/277525\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T11:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:34:12","slug":"gasly-oozed-class-in-brazil-to-end-alpines-long-walk-in-the-middle-of-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/277525\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasly oozed class in Brazil to end Alpine’s “long walk in the middle of nowhere”"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the seemingly inescapable state of flux that Alpine<\/a> appears to thrive in, the team now appears to be settling down after years of self-inflicted turbulence. A few rounds of changes in management, philosophy, and occupants of the second seat painted the Renault-owned outfit as one destined to chase its tail forever; it could still remain as such – as last week’s column on Gabriel Bortoleto has proven<\/a>, this writer is no clairvoyant.<\/p>\n

The team’s extension of Franco Colapinto’s deal to 2026<\/a> suggests that it does indeed value continuity. Sure, there’s plenty of other reasons to retain the Argentine’s services – a few million of them, in fact – but the bottom line is that his rate of progress this year has been solid after being hurled into the car mid-season with little opportunity to test. While further change is afoot for next year, as the team takes delivery of Mercedes<\/a> powertrains to voluntarily give up works status, it ensures that the team is no longer alone on being 30-odd horsepower down on its rival teams, as has been the case over the past few years.<\/p>\n

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