Alpine wants to go it alone

It is a common practice in Formula 1. Some teams like Mercedes (McLaren, Aston Martin, and Williams) and Ferrari (Haas and Alfa Romeo) provide their engines to competitors. Honda, which is not involved in F1, powers Red Bull and AlphaTauri.

Last year, McLaren was running with a Renault engine but starting this season, and with its new name, Alpine is going on its own. According to its CEO Luca de Meo, it’s not a good deal.

These allied teams do have an advantage, exchanging data and information to improve performance. By depriving itself of a friendly team, Alpine removes the possibility of collaborating and sharing information to progress in the race.

So much the worse for the small stables.

But according to the Italian, there is no real interest for the team. In the current conditions, especially economic ones, the transfer of technology between two teams defined by the Federation is not favorable. The price that another team will pay to access the technology we have developed is not good business, in my opinion.

An individualistic vision that does not align with the smaller stables. Haas, Alfa Romeo, and Williams all need the technologies of the big teams because they do not have the funds to develop their own technology. But business is business, the new head of the Renault group has understood this well, and has already adapted to the ruthless world of Formula 1.