Pink returns to F1 on Alpine's new racing cars

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Pink returns to F1 on Alpine’s new racing cars

With BWT (a supplier of water treatment systems) partnering with the Alpine F1 team, the new 2022 racing cars have taken on ‘flipped’ livery with pink becoming the most prominent colour. This unique livery, which highlights the partnership with BWT, will be used for the first two races of the season while the historic blue of the Alpine brand will be maintained.

Second F1 car by Alpine
The BWT Alpine F1 Team’s new car is known as the A522 which is its second F1 car. It has been under development over the past 18 months to meet the significant regulation changes introduced for the 2022 season.

Besides a completely new chassis and car build, the A522 also has an all-new RE22 power unit. The engine specification and packaging has allowed the team some extra freedom in shaping the rest of the car to better exploit the latest technical regulations and adjust for the new E10 fuel specification, E10 which is the next step to sustainable fuels in the sport.

Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon F1 — *Fernando Alonso (left) is a 2-time World Champion, while Esteban Ocon has been in F1 since 2016.*

The team will again have the services of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, who were ranked 10^th and 11^th in the Drivers Championship last year. Ocon enters his third consecutive year powered by a Renault engine, while Alonso embarks on a historic and potentially record-breaking 20th season in F1. The 40-year old Spaniard has been World Champion twice (2005 and 2006) and was the youngest world champion, and then youngest 2-time champion in the sport’s history at the time.

*The Alpine A521 in last year’s championship where the team finished fifth in the Constructors Championship.*

About BWT
BWT (Best Water Technology) is Europe’s market leader in water treatment, with the mission to provide water of perfect quality for all purposes, everywhere in the world, directly from the tap, the water dispenser, or the table water filter. Its pink colour symbolizes the company’s mission to ‘Change the World – sip by sip’ and to make it a little bit better every day by implementing the Bottle Free Zone concept. In this respect, BWT will also be deepening its partnership with Formula 1 over the next few years. A multi-year partnership is part of the joint commitment against the use of single-use plastic and for sustainable positive change.

*BWT was earlier involved in F1 with the Racing Point team which was rebranded in 2021 to become the Aston Martin COGNIZANT F1 Team.*

*Besides partnering with the Alpine F1 team, BWT is also a partner with Formula 1 and is committed to eliminating the use of single-use plastic bottles at event facilities.*

“We plan to make the Paddock free of single-use plastic bottles by 2025. To achieve this goal, BWT is providing water stations throughout the Paddock and the Paddock Club where drivers, crew and fans alike can enjoy fresh local water mineralized with magnesium, zinc, and silica in reusable bottles,” a statement from BWT said.