The Alpine A526 is a Formula One car designed and built by the Alpine F1 Team to compete in the 2026 Formula One World Championship. It is the sixth Formula One car entered by Alpine since rebranding from Renault, and the first car built by Team Enstone since the Lotus E23 Hybrid () to use a Mercedes power unit. It is currently being driven by Pierre Gasly, in his fourth season with the team, and Franco Colapinto, who begins his second season with the team after replacing Jack Doohan following the seventh round of the 2025 season.
Characteristics Development Regulation changes
For , Formula One underwent significant changes to its regulations revolving around the car's aerodynamics and engine. Due to this, Alpine's A526 features significant changes from its predecessor, the A525.
Reveal
On 21 January 2026, the A526 underwent a shakedown at the Silverstone Circuit. The A526's livery, which is similar to the previous year's, was first unveiled on 23 January 2026 on an MSC Cruises cruise ship off the coast of Barcelona, Spain.
Competition history
In the opening round, Gasly scored a point, battling with Esteban Ocon in the closing stages. At the Chinese Grand Prix, the car proved to be more competitive than its predecessor due to both drivers finishing in the top ten, sixth for Gasly and tenth for Colapinto, respectively. In Japan, a seventh place finish for Gasly, battling with Max Verstappen, put the team in the top five in the championship, overtaking Red Bull Racing in the process, with Colapinto having a finish outside the top ten for the second time this season. At the Miami Grand Prix, Gasly abandoned the race after being hit by Liam Lawson on lap five, while Colapinto scored six points after finishing in seventh place, thus taking the latter's highest finishing position in his career. At the next race, Colapinto once again took his own highest finishing position after claiming 6th place, with Gasly taking 8th place. In Monaco, Gasly originally took Alpine's first podium since 2024 after claiming 3rd place. However, an appeal lodged by several other teams concerning penalties Gasly received that were rescinded was approved in early September, and Gasly was subsequently stripped of his podium and demoted to seventh place.
Complete Formula One results YearEntrantPower unitTyresDriver nameGrands PrixPointsAUSCHNJPNMIACANMONBCNAUTGBRBELHUNNEDITAESPAZEBHRSINUSAMXCSAPLVGQATABUAlpine F1 TeamMercedes 1.6 V6 t Franco Colapintorowspan="2" *rowspan="2" * Pierre Gasly Season still in progress.
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