Alpine's lack of performance over the 2025 season thus far has been put down to its A525 Formula 1 car lacking consistency and tyre management abilities, which now means that the team is 15 points adrift of Sauber at the bottom of the standings.
While this year's car has shown moments of pace in qualifying, leading to Pierre Gasly breaking into Q3 on six occasions so far this year (including a stellar fifth on the grid for Bahrain), the Frenchman has also been dumped out in Q1 four times. The peaks and troughs have been very clearly defined this year.
