Alpine is “significantly up” with its 2023 F1 car development

The Enstone-based squad has had the fourth-quickest car for much of the 2022 campaign, and is favourite to secure that best-of-the-rest slot in the constructors’ championship behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes.

One of the key elements to its season has been an aggressive update programme which has helped it push ever close to the front of the field.

Off the back of a major floor development that has delivered a good step forward in performance, a further tweak…