Alpine A524

[CMSMJ1]

This is the official Alpine A524 car thread. The thread has been created to facilitate discussion specifically about the A524 car.

Please, ONLY discuss technical items of this car. Refrain from speculation.

General discussion about the team, its drivers and performance can be posted in the Team Thread
viewtopic.php?t=31526

Livery discussion also belongs in the 2024 Alpine F1 Team thread.

[christian.falavena]

[dodds_turbo]

Alpine Paint Department feeling the effects of the cost cap?

Very little paint on both versions of the car. Maximum bare carbon for weight savings?

[christian.falavena]

[christian.falavena]

Particular large nose... they're the one for the moment to have taken this road

[Luscion]

[organic]

Slight underbite inlets (not letterbox), pushrod front, deep waterslide gulley (amr/mclaren-like), no sharkfin, floor seems real and looks rb19-like at the floor edge

Floor edge wing is very similar to what RB ran last year

@dr_obbs for photo

[Holm86]

Looks like pullrod rear, which I find kinda surprising

[Holm86]

Alpine Paint Department feeling the effects of the cost cap?

Very little paint on both versions of the car. Maximum bare carbon for weight savings?

Almost every car is predominantly raw carbon, the weight limit is apparently difficult to hit with these cars ...
Makes for very dull liveries ....

[christian.falavena]

Looks like pullrod rear, which I find kinda surprising

Still push

[christian.falavena]

[F1NAC]

Is that even paint or these are all stickers?

What is paint dpt working these days?

[CaribouBread]

Any ideas of the benefits of the bluff nose shape? Very striking difference from last year. The rest of the front wing is broadly similar so it can't be a FW philosophy change.

[Henk_v]

The reders really look like they extended the sidepod inlets into an s-duct like inlet. But not on the real car

[Holm86]

Looks like pullrod rear, which I find kinda surprising

Still push

Yes, I see it here sorry