Testing continues for Alpine A424 at Aragon
Last week Alpine and Signatech began a two-day development session at Motorland Aragon with the all-new Alpine A424 which will compete in next year’s headline WEC Hypercar category.
On day one, 758km - including two 36-lap runs - were completed in the afternoon by Nicolas Lapierre, enabling the teams to work on various elements of the car, particularly the ride height, to optimize the aerodynamics.
The target of the long, double-stint runs was to understand the endurance of the Michelin WEC 2024 tires and the thermal behavior under the bonnet. The short runs, meanwhile, were used to adjust the aerodynamic balance, weight distribution and the hybrid system deployment.
Alpine continues the development program of its A424 hypercar with a 2-day test at Motorland circuit. The 1,500 km covered were a valuable learning experience involving short and long runs in double stints by drivers @Nico_Lapierre & @Matt_vaxiviere
— Alpine Racing (@AlpineRacing) October 2, 2023
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The teams also took advantage of these two days of testing to begin more in-depth work on the mechanical setup.
The Alpine A424 will be back on track at Jerez from 17 to 19 October for two more days of testing ahead of the first endurance session, scheduled for mid-November, with the homologation deadline fast approaching.
To read the full press release from Alpine click HERE.
