Overview

• Alpine confirmed Oliver Bray, formerly a McLaren mechanical design engineer, has joined as lead mechanical design engineer to improve Franco Colapinto’s comfort and performance in the A525 before the Dutch Grand Prix.
• Alpine remains last in the 2025 constructors’ standings with all points scored by Pierre Gasly, who says no late-season upgrade ‘miracle’ is coming after the team shifted focus to its 2026 project.
• Colapinto’s status is being managed race by race this season with his longer-term place unresolved, and specialist coverage has urged Alpine to support him through a difficult phase.
• Team bosses and drivers highlight the unpredictability of the 2026 rules, with Ferrari’s Frédéric Vasseur warning of potential surprise winners as organizations invest across chassis, power units, fuel and tyres.
• McLaren’s Norris and Piastri lead a dominant 2025 campaign even as rivals, including Red Bull and Aston Martin, accelerate personnel and technical moves geared toward the 2026 reset.