It is a fact that Alpine has become faster and faster in qualifying during the season. The blue car can often be found in Q3, be it Esteban Ocon or Fernando Alonso. In the race, however, there are far more problems. So the situation is a bit similar to Ferrari in that respect. Executive director Marcin Budkowski also sees this. In conversation with Autosport.com he says that the team is investigating why this is the case."We still have work to do to understand our race pace deficit and it is something we are actively investigating. It's clear that the car is capable of good performance in qualifying, but at some tracks we don't seem to be able to match that good pace in race...
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