Alonso: Alpine F1 team “more optimistic” than a week ago

The team was only eighth fastest overall in Spain, having lost most of the final day after a hydraulic leak led to a fire.
Like other teams, Alpine has brought a package of updates to the Bahrain test.
The car didn’t set any headline-grabbing times on Thursday when an issue restricted mileage, but on Friday Esteban Ocon was fastest in the morning session.
“Obviously we had a strange …Keep reading