[WEC] Alpine Hypercar Discussion

[Adam43]

I actually think it will be fine, it was more a comment, and a bit of fun, on how the article and quotes sounded.

FWW I don’t consider Mecachrome or Renault Sport’s track record as anything special for endurance racing, but they are competent and I am sure it will be fine. In the modern day the rules aren’t asking for anything that outlandish.

[broadrun96]

Renault does really build exploding claptrap but they aren't exactly setting the world on fire with demand for the F1 product either. But works is the name of the modern game and they can figure out what fails and fix those bits without much extra cost since they have the crew

But yeah, having to mention it feels a bit

[Mike E]

https://www.youtube.com/live/h9SumQ0...jzbI4vvc4vPLAY

[Coach Ep]

Shocker, it's blue... Not very inspiring imo.

[broadrun96]

And somehow took out all the likes of the Acura to make it look like generic racecar option in a video game

[veeten]

Interesting... taking the matching bright work styling cues, which lets you know who it is. Very nice.

[Simmi]

Looks great I think



If you want uninspiring, check out the F1 livery they revealed moments after.

[Matador]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Looks great I think



If you want uninspiring, check out the F1 livery they revealed moments after.

Agreed. Absolutely in love with the tail lights as well. Glad they made it from concept to reality.

[TF110]

I think its ok. Not the best livery but we all knew itd be blue with red and white since that's Alpine's colors. At least its not white and red!

[Matador]

Originally Posted by TF110

I think its ok. Not the best livery but we all knew itd be blue with red and white since that's Alpine's colors. At least its not white and red!

I does however have the regulation white and red included.

[GT3_Fan]

Err do you notice how similar the Acura and the Alpine look!

[TF110]

Well, they both use the Oreca chassis for lmdh. So there's the majority of the similarities.

[Koenigsegg]

Originally Posted by TF110

Well, they both use the Oreca chassis for lmdh. So there's the majority of the similarities.

So do the Cadillac and BMW and they look nothing alike.

[Steve McQ]

The sound of the engine is good (surprise for a turbocharged V6), the car will have a real ontrack personnality.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by GT3_Fan

Err do you notice how similar the Acura and the Alpine look!

Only from the low front angle, different treatment above the nose and side from the pictures I've seen. It's not Caddy vs BMW treatment but they both use heavily street car inspired nose so they'll be different

[Sodemo]

Yea the engine sounds nice in fact it’s probably the best sounding 6 cylinder Hypercar.

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Looks great I think

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFvV3HwW...jpg&name=small

If you want uninspiring, check out the F1 livery they revealed moments after.

It’s no Penske Porsche, but it is alright.

[TF110]

Originally Posted by Koenigsegg

So do the Cadillac and BMW and they look nothing alike.

The greenhouse area is the most likeness between those two. But I think this Alpine and the Acura are pretty unique. The nosecone especially.

[Nick Woodbury]

I love it! I don't know what it is with Alpine but they're such a cool 'little' company amongst giants! Big fan, hope they do well.

[tomcug]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIa70nppQJA
Official video from the Barcelona test. The current version of this car (final I assume since Qatar is almost there) is only the second hypercar to feature two dive planes.

[PhilipR]

Originally Posted by TF110

The greenhouse area is the most likeness between those two. But I think this Alpine and the Acura are pretty unique. The nosecone especially.

The greenhouse is part of the safety structure of the car and chassis right?
So I imagine LMMDHs based on the same chassis will always have the greenhouse pretty similar to one another

[broadrun96]

I think they will have the identical greenhouse with possibly some wrap or other feature to change to the appearance. The areas they can tweak were expanded with the "DPi 2.0" idea but think it was front, rear and sidepod treatments and then some internal bits and bobs

[tomcug]

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...pine-in-qatar/

the No. 35 machine shared by Paul-Loup Chatin, Charles Milesi and Ferdinand Habsburg suffered an engine problem during the Prologue test which required the Mecachrome unit to be changed

Any bets on which lap the Mecachrome engine gives up?

[PascaLM]

Losail was a great first race and a good result for Sinault's team with two cars at the checkered flag and no big issue. Good job.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by tomcug

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/...pine-in-qatar/

Any bets on which lap the Mecachrome engine gives up?

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