The Alpine A521 presentation conference was an opportunity to specify the roles of each in the new organization chart. Present during Renault F1 Team’s time as Executive Director of the chassis department, Marcin Budkwoski was confirmed in this role with Alpine F1 Team in 2021.
The Polish engineer will work on “The technical and operational part of the factories. I will be present at the races, more at the start of the season than in the fall, because my priority is to continue to develop the team and its organization in order to make it as competitive as possible. “
Le Francophone was kind enough to explain his work on the new creation of factories in Enstone (Great Britain) and Viry-Châtillon (Essonne). “Before talking about improvement, it must be said that it has been worsened! But this is the case for all teams, due to the regulatory novelties decided by the FIA (flat bottom notably shrinks. Editor’s note). This year we have spent our time making up for lost performance, rather than improving it.
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We have regulatory stability in other areas of the regulation where gains are increasingly difficult to find. However, as the field is tightening, and the performance gaps between the teams are getting smaller and smaller, we cannot neglect anything and we must go for the tiniest tenth on all the elements. “
Development tokens have been used in a very specific area. On the back of the single-seater and the suspensions, because this is the area that we have privileged. “
The former head of the technical section at the FIA also recognizes that the French brand will work very early on the 2022 project. “We have more and more people dedicating themselves to this project. We are going to switch an increasing number of resources to this area. We cannot afford not to start the 2022 project very early and very strongly. »
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