Alonso impressed at Alpine: 'Incredible to see that'

Alpine has completed its line-up for 2022. Earlier, the contract extension of Esteban Ocon was already made public, and on Thursday morning the team also officially announced that Fernando Alonso will stay with the team in 2022.

Line-up of Alpine

Renault lost their star driver before the start of the 2020 season. Daniel Ricciardo was brought in as the man for the future but decided to leave for rival McLaren. However, a worthy replacement was brought in with Fernando Alonso, and Alpine have now managed to secure him for longer.

''We are very pleased to confirm Fernando for next season, partnering with Esteban. For us, it is a perfect driver line-up, amongst the strongest on the grid. It works in a hugely complementary way, with both offering raw talent and speed, yet impeccable team spirit that delivered our first win in Hungary,'' said Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi in the team's statement.

Eager Alonso

''Fernando has impressed us all since he returned to the sport at the beginning of this year. His dedication, teamwork and focus to extract the maximum from the team is incredible to be a part of and certainly special to witness. His performance in Hungary was another example of his racing pedigree and reminded everyone how skilled a driver he is. I am convinced we can benefit strongly from Fernando’s insight and experience as we enter the final development and optimization phase of the 2022 chassis and power unit. ‘’

''He is just as hungry as we are for success and is putting in every effort to translate it to performance. For now, however, we need to focus on delivering a strong second half of the year, extract the maximum at every race and ensure we finish as high up in the constructors’ standings as possible. This will put us in a golden position for next year and the significant opportunity it brings'', concludes the French team's chief executive.