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Alpine esports starts its F1 season and Collin Spork sets the fastest lap in Le Mans 8 hours of Bahrain

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Alpine #esports had an action-packed week as the team participated in both the kick of the #f1esports Series 2022 and the Le Mans Virtual Series. Over five days, #alpine #esports competed in a total of four races and saw the team lay the foundation for a highly anticipated season. 

F1 #esports SERIES

After three nail-biting races in the first event for the #f1esports Series, #alpine #esports landed in 9th place in the team standings with 5 points. The first event in the #f1esports Series proved to be a learning experience for the #alpine #esports team. 

During the first round in Bahrain, Patrik Sipos saw a strong start before receiving a 5-second penalty for entering the pitlane too quickly. Unfortunately, this blunder put him out of points contention, resulting in finishing him in 18th place. Filip Prešnadjer drove without issue, finishing in 11th place.

The second round took place in Imola. After narrowly avoiding a crash with reigning double world champion Jarno Opmeer, Patrik and Filip qualified in 17th and 13th place, respectively. A mistake from Patrik resulted in a car spin and a broken front wing, as a result, he finished in 18th place, and Filip finished in 15th place.

Round 3, in Great Britain, saw the debut of 16-year-old driver Luke Smith, qualifying in 7th place, with Patrik qualifying in 8th place - both drivers qualified in Q3. After an impressive race, Luke finished in 10th place, earning his first point of the series! Patrik finished in 8th place.

Driver Luke Smith said “I’m pleased with my performance in the qualifiers, reaching Q3 and competing against drivers of this calibre is an incredible experience – I gave everything I had during the race. I lacked rhythm during the race, this is something I will improve for the next event. Overall, I’m satisfied with my performance, my first point for my first race! We are now getting focused on the second event.”

Driver Patrik Sipos added “In general, I think we can get some positivity from this event. We knew that we may have some difficulties, finally, less important than expected. I made some mistakes, I will try to correct that for the next event, Silverstone showed us that we have the potential.”

Alpine #esports Team Principal Richard Arnaud added “As expected, this season of #f1esports is the most competitive season ever. With a revamped and young squad, we knew we would experience some early mistakes. The positive is that we can play for points in each race with our 3 drivers. We must give the team time to adapt. We know what we must improve on for the drivers and the car setup. We cannot wait for the second event to fight it out and continue to grow and progress together!”

LE MANS VIRTUAL SERIES

Le Mans Virtual Series’ 8 Hours of Bahrain race saw an impressive performance from the #alpine #esports team. After heart-wrenching technical issues, #alpine #esports placed 17th in the race, earning 1 point. 

Tom Lartilleux began the endurance race in 7th position before Rory Macduff took over and fought for a position at the top. For the final attack, #collinspork took the wheel however uncontrollable technical issues began to arise. Collin did set the fastest lap in the LMP category with an astonishing lap time of 1:42.606.

Driver Collin Spork said “Of course, I am disappointed with the result, the race started perfectly, and we were going to finish in the top 5. Despite that, we showed that we had a great pace and a lot of potential. We will come back stronger to rise to the top of the leaderboard.”

Alpine #esports Race Director Robin Bondon added “After a good qualifying round and a solid start, we were unfortunately affected by technical problems. It’s a great shame as we were in the battle for fourth place. However, we shall retain the positives, it was the first race with only one month of preparation from the group and were are already competing for top four. We believe in our potential, and we will come back in Monza more motivated than ever for the second race!”

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