Alpine confident of fight with Mercedes amid upgrades
Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer is confident that the team can fight Mercedes as the development battle looks set to ramp up.
It was a difficult end to the Australian Grand Prix weekend for the French manufacturer, with Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon making contact on the penultimate race restart and both retiring from the running due to the damage sustained.
However, speaking before the race, Szafnauer voiced his belief that forthcoming upgrades will help Alpine to challenge their rivals, who will also be bringing new parts in the races ahead. Alpine ready to fight Mercedes When asked if Mercedes will be too far ahead for Alpine to battle with them, Szafnauer told media, including TheFOXposts.Com : "No, we think we can fight with them.
"We too have a decent-size upgrade coming for Baku and then a little bit more only a week later in Miami, so we continue to push the upgrades out.
"The important thing is that they all work when we put them on the ca...