Alpine has rounded out System One’s launch season by turning into the tenth and remaining group to disclose its 2023 automotive.

The Alpine A523 ran on monitor for the primary time throughout a personal shakedown at Silverstone on Monday, however the French group waited till Thursday to disclose the automotive at an occasion in London.

The automotive carries the hopes of Esteban Ocon and new Alpine recruit Pierre Gasly, who replaces Fernando Alonso to create an all-French driver lineup.

As was the case final yr, the group has two liveries for the season, one in blue and pink, and one solely within the pink of title sponsor BWT. The total pink livery will run on the first three races in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Australia earlier than switching to blue for the remainder of the yr.

Alpine beat McLaren to fourth place within the championship standings final yr, ending better of the remaining behind F1’s huge three groups, Purple Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes.

Group principal Otmar Szafnauer mentioned the group’s goal this yr was to be “so much nearer to 3rd and additional away from fifth than we had been earlier than.”

Technical director Matt Harman mentioned the group had set itself aggressive targets this yr and made important adjustments to plenty of elements, together with switching the rear suspension from a pull-rod design to push-rod.

He additionally revealed the A523 was under the brand new 796kg minimal weight restrict, that means Alpine’s engineers can play with ballast to optimise the automotive’s weight distribution for every circuit.

The A523 ran with none points throughout its 100km shakedown at Silverstone, which was run to F1’s promotional occasion guidelines.

The subsequent time the automotive hits the monitor can be in Bahrain for the beginning of preseason testing on Feb. 23.

Alpine additionally used the launch to verify Australian System 2 driver Jack Doohan as its reserve driver.