| Alpine A522 | |
| Electric Motor: | Kinetic and thermal energy recovery systems |
| Fuel: | BP[1] |
| Lubricants: | Castrol |
| Engine Position: | Rear-mid mounted |
| Category: | Formula One |
| Constructor: | Alpine |
| Designer: | Pat Fry Matthew Harman Naoki Tokunaga Simon Virrill Benjamin Norton Dirk de Beer James Rodgers |
| Predecessor: | Alpine A521 |
| Team: | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| Turbo/Na: | Turbo |
| Front Suspension: | Double wishbone push-rod |
| Rear Suspension: | Double wishbone pull-rod |
| Engine Name: | Mecachrome-built and assembled Renault E-Tech RE22 1.60NaN0 direct injection V6 turbocharged engine limited to 15,000 RPM in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive layout |
| Power: | More than 950hp[2] |
| Capacity: | 1.6L |
| Debut: | 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix |
| Last Event: | 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
| Races: | 22 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Podiums: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
The Alpine A522 is a Formula One car designed and constructed by the BWT Alpine F1 Team and competed in the 2022 Formula One World Championship. The car was driven by Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. The chassis is Alpine's first car under the 2022 technical regulations.[3]
The car was generally about as competitive as its predecessor, the A521, and was regularly in the hunt for points at races, but not usually troubling the top teams. One of the car's key strengths is its top speed, which was particularly evident in races such as Baku, where it was noted that other cars could not catch the A522 on the straightaways, despite the advantage of DRS. The team had reliability problems in several races, however the team beat McLaren to 4th in the constructors' championship - their best finish since 2018.
To mark the start of the sponsorship deal between Alpine and BWT, the A522 competed in the first two races of the season, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, in pink livery, completely replacing the usual blue livery.[4]
In June 2022, Racing Pride announced a partnership with [Alpine, which saw Racing Pride work with Alpine on a number of initiatives to ensure their pathways for attracting emerging talent are welcoming to [[LGBTQ]]+ people, and the team pledged to show support and raise awareness and for the LGBTQ+ community.[5] Coinciding with Pride Month 2022, the Formula 1 team also ran a special pride livery on their Alpine cars throughout the month of June,[6] with other nods to the LGBTQ+ community throughout the team's sites.
Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi said of the partnership: "For so long, motorsport has not been representative of the diversity we see in wider society. There are various reasons, but we need to look forward and challenge the biases we see. Our journey starts here. The LGBTQ+ community has lacked visible representation and support within our industry, and we need to change this. We want Alpine to be an open, inclusive and productive place to work and for our employees to feel happy and supported in their workplace. A happy environment gives greater creativity and that is exactly what we need to foster as we move forward. To do so, we need to fully understand the challenges some of the under-represented groups in motorsport face. Pride Month is a good place to start; we know that we need to do more to give this community a voice and representation.".
| Year | Entrant | Power unit | Tyres | Driver name | Grands Prix | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHR | SAU | AUS | EMI | MIA | ESP | MON | AZE | CAN | GBR | AUT | FRA | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | SIN | JPN | USA | MXC | SAP | ABU | ||||||||
| BWT Alpine F1 Team | Renault E-Tech RE22 |  Fernando Alonso | 173 | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Esteban Ocon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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