Alpine expects ‘massive’ downforce step from new Singapore F1 floor

The Enstone-based squad has had the fourth quickest car for much of the season, and in the constructors’ championship is currently 18 points ahead of McLaren in the fight to be best-of-the-rest behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes.

While the team missed out on the points in Italy last weekend, as McLaren’s Lando Norris took seventh, the squad believes that its disappointing weekend was simply down to the high-speed Monza track not suiting the characteristics…