Alpine A524

Alpine A524

An A524 driven by Pierre Gasly during the Spanish Grand Prix
Category	Formula One
Designer(s)	Matthew Harman (Technical Director) Simon Virrill (Chief Designer) Benjamin Norton (Chief Engineer) Steven Booth (Head of Engineering) Dirk de Beer (Head of Aerodynamics) James Rodgers (Chief Aerodynamicist)
Predecessor	Alpine A523
Technical specifications
Suspension (front)	Double wishbone push-rod
Suspension (rear)	Double wishbone push-rod
Engine	Mecachrome-built and assembled Renault E-Tech RE24 1.6 L (98 cu in) direct injection V6 turbocharged engine limited to 15,000 RPM in a mid-mounted, rear-wheel drive layout 1.6 L (98 cu in) Turbo Rear-mid mounted
Electric motor	Kinetic and thermal energy recovery systems
Fuel	BP[1]
Lubricants	Castrol[1]
Tyres	Pirelli P Zero (Dry/Slick) Pirelli Cinturato (Wet/Treaded)
Competition history
Notable entrants	BWT Alpine F1 Team
Notable drivers	10. Pierre Gasly 31. Esteban Ocon
Debut	2024 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last event	2024 São Paulo Grand Prix
Races Wins Podiums Poles F/Laps 21 0 2 0 1

The Alpine A524 is a Formula One racing car designed and developed by the Alpine F1 Team competing in the 2024 Formula One World Championship.^[2] It is the fourth Formula One car entered by Alpine since rebranding from Renault. The A524 is being driven by Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, who is in his final season with the team.^[3] Reserve driver duties are handled by former Formula 2 driver and Alpine junior Jack Doohan. Initially considered to be the worst-running car of the field at the beginning of the year, the team's results have steadily improved thoughout the season, managing to score Alpine's first fastest lap at the United States Grand Prix, and the team's first double podium at the São Paulo Grand Prix.

Alpine unveiled the car at a launch event at their factory at Enstone on 7 February 2024, alongside the Alpine A424 sports prototype racing car.^[2][4] It sported a mostly bare carbon livery, with streaks of blue and pink across the car. Two liveries were released, a traditional blue one and a pink one in partnership with title sponsors BWT. It originally sported little colour, but from pre-season testing onwards, a blue arrow was added across the front nose cone. The pink livery was unchanged. The car made its first appearance at the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix.^[5] The car's weaknesses were observed to be a lack of traction, a lack of downforce, and it being 11 kilograms heavier than the 798kg minimum. This extra weight came from an attempt to strengthen the monocoque, which had failed its lateral load test.^[6] A lighter chassis appeared at the Chinese Grand Prix.^[7]

The Alpine A524's performance on track compared to previous cars was immediately deemed to be lacking^[6] at the Bahrain Grand Prix, locking out the last two places on the grid during qualifying and finishing seventeenth and eighteenth behind Valtteri Bottas, who had suffered a slow pit stop, and Logan Sargeant.^[8] Alpine's woes continued into the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with both drivers once again suffering a Q1 knockout with Ocon in seventeenth and Gasly eighteenth. While Gasly retired after the formation lap due to a gearbox problem, Ocon finished in thirteenth.^[9] At the Australian Grand Prix, Ocon made it to Q2 but was only able to qualify in fifteenth, and Gasly was knocked out of Q1 once again in seventeenth. Gasly finished in thirteenth and Ocon sixteenth - last on track after George Russell retired, with Gasly receiving a five-second time penalty for crossing the pit exit line.^[10] The Japanese Grand Prix saw Ocon qualify fifteenth once again with Gasly in seventeenth, with both drivers finishing fifteenth and sixteenth respectively.^[11]

The first sprint weekend of the Chinese Grand Prix saw Gasly and Ocon qualify sixteenth and seventeenth respectively, with Ocon finishing thirteenth and Gasly fifteenth. Both Alpines made it into Q2 for qualifying for the main race, with Ocon, who qualified thirteenth, finishing eleventh and Gasly, who qualified fifteenth, finishing thirteenth.^[12]

At the sprint qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix, Gasly and Ocon qualified for sixteenth and thirteenth respectively. Ocon would finish fifteenth and Gasly would finish ninth, Alpine's highest race finishing position to date. Both Alpines made it into Q2 for qualifying for the main race. Gasly, who qualified twelfth, would remain in twelfth during the race. Ocon, who qualified thirteenth, would finish in tenth, giving Alpine's first point finish of the season.^[13]

Other than the addition of an additional blue/pink arrow on the front nose cone after pre-season testing, and a rainbow gradient across the halo at the Austrian Grand Prix for Pride Month, Alpine's livery has remained mostly the same. Much like previous years since 2022, Alpine compete in a pink BWT livery. Instead of only being restricted to the first few races of the season, the pink livery was used for more races throughout the season. So far, the pink livery has been used in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Azerbaijan and São Paulo.

So far, two special liveries have been used by Alpine to promote their investors and sponsors. For the Belgian Grand Prix, Alpine raced with a Deadpool livery to promote the Deadpool & Wolverine film,^[14] and for the United States Grand Prix, Alpine raced with an Indiana Jones livery to promote the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle game.^[15]

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Year	Entrant	Power unit	Tyres	Driver name	Grands Prix																								Points	WCC pos.
					BHR	SAU	AUS	JPN	CHN	MIA	EMI	MON	CAN	ESP	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	NED	ITA	AZE	SIN	USA	MXC	SAP	LVG	QAT	ABU
2024	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Renault E-Tech RE24	P	Pierre Gasly	18	Ret	13	16	13	12	16	10	9	9	10	DNS	Ret	13	9	15	12	17	12	10	37				49*	6th*
				Esteban Ocon	17	13	16	15	11	10	14	Ret	10	10	12	16	18	9	15	14	15	13	18F	13	2
Reference:[16][17]

* Season still in progress