First Images: Alpine Reveals A522 for the 2022 Formula 1 Season

The BWT Alpine F1 Team gave Formula 1 media and fans a first look at its 2022 F1 car in Paris today.

The A522 features a blue and pink livery and is the team's interpretation of what most are calling the biggest regulations upheaval in sport's 72-year history. The blue pays homage to Alpine and the pink is a nod to title sponsor BWT. The team plans to run a pink-dominated livery for its first two races.

Driving for the team this year will once again be two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso and one-time F1 race winner Esteban Ocon. Ocon won last year in Hungary.

Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri is the team's reserve driver for 2022.

Otmar Szafnauer takes over team principal duties. He was recently let go from the same position at Aston Martin.

The new A522 cars are 18 months in the making. According to the team, the engine specification and packaging has allowed the team some extra freedom in shaping the rest of the car to better exploit the latest technical regulations and adjust for the new fuel specification, E10, as the next step to sustainable fuels in Formula 1.

The team plans a filming day on Tuesday at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya before returning for a full-field three-day test there beginning on Wednesday.

“It’s with great pleasure that we launch our A522 to the world today, marking the next chapter in Alpine’s Formula 1 journey," Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi said. "We are proud racers and have poured the essence of Alpine’s racing heritage and passion into this new generation of car. We have a clear plan and vision in place at Alpine and we have some of the best people in the business to help drive us forward and realize our ambitions.

"Our team is stronger now and, we hope, future-proof. Our driver line-up is the perfect recipe to help deliver the results we want to achieve on track. In 2022, we want to show constant progress with comprehensive developments across all sites to ensure we are contenders for the title in the future. We are going in the right direction and we want to carry on our climb to the summit.”

Alonso, who finished 10th in the F1 Drivers' Championship last year, is looking forward to moving up in the standings in 2022.

"The car looks fantastic with the new regulations in place and I like the new livery," Alonso said. "We have a new engine and we’re confident we had a good development in place for this new generation of car. We won’t know where everyone stands until Bahrain, but we’re excited to take the car for its first spin in testing this week. I hope the new regulations have worked and we get more exciting wheel to wheel racing this year.”

The opening race of the F1 season is at Bahrain on March 20.