Alpine to stockpile car parts before Baku Sprint weekend
Alpine have stocked up on spare parts ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sprint race weekend, according to team boss Otmar Szafnauer.
F1 is currently on a four-week gap between Melbourne and Baku, after the cancellation of the Chinese Grand Prix.
Confirmation that the race would not be replaced came prior to the season, and now Alpine are using the extra time to produce spare parts ahead of the first Sprint weekend of 2023.
"Well, the break wasn't planned but it is a welcome break from both getting ample car parts, spares as well as when we do bring developments," Szafnauer told media, including TheFOXposts.Com .
"You know there’s a huge effort to make enough of those parts to ensure that you can really push hard – so that definitely helps."
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