Alpine explains bulky airbox after “body shaming”

When Esteban Ocon took Alpine’s new car onto the track at the start of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Friday, the bulbous airbox and engine cover on the A521 immediately caught the eye of observers and fans.
While F1 teams usually tend to package the power unit as tightly as possible, Alpine’s radically different design looked like a throwback to the 70s, when giant engine covers were briefly …Keep reading