Why Alpine’s F1 engine boss isn’t obsessed with its horsepower figures

Questions about whether or not the Mercedes power unit has fallen back have, for example, been clouded by its underperforming chassis and the drag levels of its high-downforce wing.

At the opposite end of the debate, at Alpine it has been hard to split how much of its progress have come from aero and how much from its engine.

What isn’t in doubt is that the all-new 2022 Renault E-tech power unit is a good chunk better than its predecessor, with the turbo hybrid…