Alpine “doesn’t know true pace” after troubled Bahrain F1 weekend

Alpine’s form was one of the main question marks after pre-season testing, in which it didn’t set fast times on Pirelli’s softest compounds.
But the race weekend revealed only a glimpse about Alpine’s true place in the pecking order as both Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly ran into issues.
Ocon qualified ninth but then faced three time penalties in the race before he retired.
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